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plants. In this care she differed from almost every 

 wild animal I have known. 



We noticed that she entered the boma, the thorns 

 of which did not seem to make much impression on 

 her leathern hide, at a hole she made alongside a great 

 yellowwood tree. There we set up our wires and 

 cameras and we had just gone to bed when we heard 

 the boom and ran out taking our rifles with us. In 

 the woods nearby we heard a terrific thrashing and 

 found that the elephant had carted away about four 

 square yards of our boma, from which she was trying 

 to free herself. 



So thrilled were we at the prospect of another good 

 elephant picture that we took our plates to the 

 laboratory as we were, in our pajamas, and there 

 developed them. They came out wonderfully sharp 

 and clear, showing two elephants apparently; in 

 reaHty only one, for we had caught the sweet potato 

 thief going and coming. 



This lady, we thought, would not visit us again, 

 but next night we heard the boom and found that 

 this crazy elephant had rushed away with iour more 

 square yards of our fence. Again we developed 

 the films in our pajamas, getting a thrill out of it, 

 I think, that no slaughtering hunter knows. 



We felt sure that now we had seen the last of her. 

 Still, elephants are of one track minds; they keep 

 on coming in spite of all obstacles. And again, this 



