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I longed to find out what had become of the 

 elephant, when, on peeping down through 

 the branches, to my surprise I saw him 

 resting on his knees with his head sup- 

 ported by his tusks. I lay still, till again 

 drowsiness overcame me, when I dropped 

 off to sleep. When I awoke the sun was 

 high in the heavens and I felt throughly 

 refreshed and strong, and very grateful for 

 the wonderful escape of the previous day. 

 On looking down I was surprised to see 

 the elephant still in the same spot and in 

 the same attitude, and I observed that he 

 did not appear to be in a natural position : 

 I then saw several wolves and jackals 

 hanging about, when it occurred to me all 

 in a moment that, after all, my shot in the 

 eye must have killed him. I descended 

 the tree cautiously, and did not leave its 

 friendly trunk till I saw one of the jackals 



