CHAPTER XIII, 



(&h$2&nt (continued.) 

 THE EOYAL ELEPHANT HUNT AT THE KNYSNA. 



[As an appropriate conclusion, we have ventured to 

 quote from The Times' correspondent the last recorded 

 elephant hunt in which H.E.H, the Duke of Edinburgh 

 performed the most prominent part. TRANSLATOR.] 



As soon as it had become known that His Koyal 

 Highness had arrived in Simon's Bay, all the principal 

 places of the colony became anxious to receive a visit 

 from him. In a happy hour the people of the Knysna 

 also sent him an invitation, and, as an inducement to 

 him to accept it, promised, if he came, to provide him 

 with amusement after their own fashion. In every 

 quarter the Duke can find grand dinners and grand 

 balls and suppers; but a dance on the green sward, 

 with an elephant for a partner, is what but few places 

 in the world can afford. Therefore, in the afternoon 

 of Saturday the 7th of September, His Koyal Highness, 

 accompanied by the Governor and some other gentle- 

 men, went on board the war-vessel Racoon, in Simon's 



