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when the brute was almost close upon me, 

 and I had only just time to spring aside, 

 when he dashed past me with a shrill 

 scream ; he was going at such a pace that 

 he could not pull himself up, and, as he 

 shot in one direction, I shot off in the 

 opposite one. Knowing him to be such 

 a dangerous animal, I felt that the greater 

 the distance I put between us, the safer I 

 should be, so I ran as hard as I could and 

 heard the beast beating up the jungle in 

 his efforts to find me. Very shortly I 

 could tell, by the noise he made in 

 crashing through the bushes, that he was 

 following me closely, so I made up my 

 mind to give him battle. 



" On came the elephant, and I had only 

 time to get behind a large tree and poke 

 the long barrel through the branches, 

 when he dashed into sight, and, catching 



