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natives in question and tell them that they must 

 wait till dawn, when I should come and try 

 conclusions with the marauder. In a few choice 

 but comprehensive phrases, I summarized my 

 feelings on elephants and natives generally, and, 



BUFFALO AND THE WOUNDED MALINGUM. 



somewhat relieved, pulled my blankets about me, 

 and slipped once more into dreamland. 



Half an hour after day-break found us in the 

 shambas, where the elephant had wrought consider- 

 able havoc, and, picking up his spoor, we plunged 

 into a dense thicket of long grass, which towered 

 twelve to fifteen feet in height. My tracker, 

 Malingum, carrying my 1075 rifle, was in front of 

 me, intent on the spoor, my other tracker followed 



