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steps to where the dead tusker lay. We pitched 

 our camp within easy reach of the carcase, and, 

 early next morning, cut out the tusks, which were 

 of beautiful ivory and weighed 89 and 87 Ibs., 

 respectively. 



During the night, however, whilst tossing on 



THE DEAD TUSKER. 



my camp bed with a touch of fever resulting from 

 the exertion and subsequent drenching of the day, 

 I was all at once roused by a succession of alarmed 

 yells from my tracker, Malingum. Fearing all 

 sorts of contingencies, I picked up my rifle, and 

 rushing to where my man lay, about a score of 

 yards away from me, found him in a state of great 

 perturbation. During the night, a puff adder, 



