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hitting him, as I subsequently discovered, in the 

 heart. Dashing madly forward, I was astonished 

 to find the animal only a few yards within this 

 belt of vegetation, lying on his side, apparently 

 dead, with his back towards me. As I approached, 

 somewhat incautiously I admit, he viciously swung 



ONE OF THREE ELEPHANTS SHOT ONE AFTERNOON. 



his head and trunk round in an endeavour to 

 catch me, but, instinctively alert for any such 

 offensive move, I instantly sprang back out of his 

 reach and, kneeling down, gave him a finishing 

 shot in the brain. 



While examining our prize (a beauty, with 

 tusks scaling 83 and 84 Ibs.), we suddenly heard, 

 to our surprise, the noise of an elephant smash- 



