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trees, where we soon came upon tlie old spoor of an 

 elephant, which we followed into a patch of higli 

 waving bamboo-jungle, that had evidently been his 

 place of abode for several days, as we could tell by 

 the number of trails we met with on every side, all 

 of which appeared of the same size, and varying 

 from one to ten days old. 



Finding, from the freshness of the spoor, that he 

 could not be very far off, I ordered all the party, 

 except Googooloo and Naga, who carried our spare 

 guns, to mount into trees, so as to be out of the way 

 in case we met with him ; and shortly afterwards 

 we came to a sandy watercourse, which he had 

 evidently only just crossed, as the water was still 

 flowing into the imprints of his mighty feet. Whilst 

 examining these marks, Googooloo, whose every 

 muscle quivered with excitement, whilst his ex- 

 pressive countenance was lighted up with intense 

 animation, made a sign for us to listen ; and above 

 that strange, indescribable, low buzzing hum caused 

 by the insect-world, from the depths of the forest 

 on every side, I plainly heard a low "urmph," 

 " urmph," which noise I knew was caused by the 

 elephant blowing through his trunk. "We now took 

 the spare guns from Naga and Googooloo, which we 

 flung over our shoulders, first taking the precaution 

 of putting on fresh caps, so as to ensure against 

 miss-fires. 



Having made signs to our attendants to mount 

 into trees, which was much against their inclina- 



