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a glimpse of me at the same moment, he 

 come forward like an arrow from a bow. 

 As his head was down in the act of 

 charging, I tried to cover the little hollow 

 in the skull just above the eye, which is a 

 fatal spot if you can hit it ; but, from the 

 flurry of firing in haste, and the pace he 

 was going, I missed the mark and saw my 

 bullet flatten on his skull. I knew it was 

 all up with me if he caught me ; but, the 

 moment I saw my bullet flatten on his 

 head, I was convinced it would at any 

 rate stun him for a few seconds ; so, 

 pitching my gun down, I lost no time, but 

 made off at my best pace. I was right 

 about the bullet bothering him, for turning 

 quite round, he appeared to have lost all 

 recollection of me, and looked as if he in- 

 tended to subside into a respectable family 

 elephant, who would bring up his little 



