HUNTING THE ELEPHANT 



mous male elephants which had attracted my atten- 

 tion. I left the hill, accompanied by a few of my men, 

 to make my way through the thick entanglement of 

 high grass and plants, in the direction of the distant 

 herd in the lower swampy ground. We followed for 



BULL ELEPHANTS AND BULL GIRAFFE DISTANCE FOUR HUNDRED 



METRES 



three-quarters of an hour a narrow path trodden by 

 rhinoceroses, and then we had to cross a number of 

 ravines. When we reached the place where I had last 

 seen the animals, they had left and were moving up- 

 hill through a forest of high bushes and trees. The 

 two bulls made up the rear. The animals soon disap- 

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