168 THE ELEPHANT. 



fracas in the trees followed the sound of my gun, and 

 I perceived the Brinjara flying through the wood in a 

 terrible fright. 



" As I was not pursued, I returned to the place 

 whence I had fired, and I saw the elephant lying 

 dead. 



" The hall had pierced the skull, but it had but 

 touched the . brain, although it weighed four ounces, 

 was pointed with steel, and I had charged with six 

 drachms of powder equal to about four ordinary 

 charges." 



Another example. We are this time in the 

 forest of Dholekote, on the track of a whole herd. 

 The interest of the matter consists in this that the 

 hunter was mounted on a female elephant provided 

 with a saddle. He had determined to descend as 

 soon as he should be in sight of the game, but he 

 was not slow in discovering that the old paterfamilias, 

 which was armed with respectable ivories, took the 

 alarm like the rest as soon as the hunter descended 

 from his seat; whereas, on the contrary, he seemed 

 to contemplate fearlessly the elephant carrying his 

 two men. 



" I determined then, in spite of the many 

 objections of the driver, who doubted that my 

 carabine could stop short an elephant in full charge, 

 to go straight to the old male and to fire at him 



