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danger, paused an instant as it reached the trail and 

 then the animal drew back sharply as though stung. 

 Then it whirled about and the herd went crashing 

 away through the sparse undergrowth. It was a 

 time of the utmost nervous tension, and I don't 

 believe the human system could undergo a pro- 

 longed strain of that severity. 



During all this time we had not succeeded in 



It Started Back as Though Stung 



positively locating a bull elephant. Of all the 

 forty-four elephants that were visible at any one 

 time, there was not one that we could feel safe in 

 identifying as the elephant needed for the group. 

 Three more times we stalked the herd to very close 

 range, but they were now so restless that nothing 

 could be ascertained. So finally we decided to get 

 ahead of them and watch them as they passed us, 

 but just as we had reached a point where they were 



