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1 was in the Shir country ; and one evening, accompanied by 

 Lieutenant Baker, I strolled into the forest about half a mile 

 from our vessels, to watch for water-buck in a small glade where 

 I had shot one on the previous evening. We had not long been 

 concealed when I heard a peculiar noise in the thick forest that 





denoted the approach of elephants. We at once retreated to 

 some rising ground about one hundred and fifty paces distant, as 

 our small rifles would have been useless against such heavy game. 

 In a short time several elephants appeared from various portions 



