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away or you'll get into trouble!" This done, off 

 they started again, in little stages, always waiting 

 for the baby, who was forever playing, to come up; 

 and so they disappeared in the forest. 



Not long after we saw another small herd; but as 

 we were in the open and in plain view, one of the 

 mothers in the case discovered us. A moment she 

 stood uncertainly not knowing what to do; but at 

 last decided to return into the forest, first tiuning 

 just before she disappeared and looking at us as if 

 daring us to follow. A moment later we heard her 

 scream, with an accompanying little tin whistle effect 

 from her baby. For several minutes after they dis- 

 appeared we could hear the screaming of the big 

 females and a flock of babies trying out their new 

 trumpets. 



From time to time we had adventiu-es with single 

 elephants. In a way these were more interesting 

 because they gave us a different angle on elephant 

 character. With a big herd around one had to keep 

 so much on the outlook that detailed observation 

 was diffictilt. 



One morning we fell in with a big bull wandering 

 about by himself. We sighted him some distance 

 away feeding amongst some young trees. Through 

 the glasses we could see him bending the thin tnuiks 

 down and nibbling the tender leaves. 



Skirting the spot widely we put the wind right so it 



