THE FIGHT WITH THE FOUR 



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once, and, endeavouring to keep to leeward, crept 

 nearer and nearer to him. On this occasion, old 

 Dame Fortune surely favoured us, for when we 

 were about thirty yards from the giant, he suddenly 

 turned and, with his enormous ears outspread at 

 right angles to his head, steadily gazed in our direc- 



THE THREE ELEPHANTS. 



tion. A bullet from my '577 between his eyes, 

 penetrated his brain, instantly dropping him. As 

 the other three, probably curious to know what had 

 befallen their comrade, rushed up to where he lay, 

 I managed to secure a second with a beautiful shot 

 just a little in front of the ear-hole. One of the 

 remaining two, scared by the fusillade, took refuge 

 in flight ; the other, apparently mystified by the 



