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ployed I heard a piercing shriek, and saw Googooloo 

 rushing towards me, closely followed by the infuri- 

 ated elephant, who was almost mad from the pain 

 of his wounds. Luckily a hanging branch was in 

 his way, and with the agility of a monkey he cauglit 

 hold of it, and swung himself up the steep bank, 

 where he was safe. 



The elephant, balked of his victim, rushed wildly 

 backwards and forwards two or three times, as if 

 searching for him, and then, with a hoarse scream 

 of disappointment, came tearing down the bed of 

 the nullah. I was directly in his path, and power- 

 less to get out of the way. A moment more and I 

 saw that I was perceived, for down he charged on 

 me with a fiendish roar of vengeance. With diffi- 

 culty I raised my rifle, and taking a steady aim be- 

 tween his eyes, pulled the trigger — it was my only 

 chance. When the smoke cleared away I perceived 

 a mighty mass lying close to me. At last I had 

 conquered. Soon after this I must have sunk into 

 a swoon, for I hardly remember anything until I 



found myself lying in my hut, and B leaning 



over me. 



It appears that Chineah and the gang had carried 

 me in on a litter, and, finding my body very much 

 swollen from the severe blow I had received, my 

 iaack being black from the waist upwards, had ap- 

 plied a native remedy, and covered the bruised part 

 with leeches, which had the effect of counteracting 

 the inflammation, although I shall carry their marks 



