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of the skull of the elephant's calf that our colossal savao-e 

 friend had destroyed the day before. It was all that the 

 hyaenas had left of the little that he had considered too hard 

 for his own dig-estion. The tracks of the drove had g-one 

 eastward over country where we had alread}?- hunted^ and 

 as it waxed late, we made the best of our way to the camp. 

 I shot two quag'g"as for our savag"e allies, who returned 

 during- the night laden with flesh, and bringing- with them 

 a wild hog** that they buried in the morning- in a porcu- 

 pine's earth, to which it had been driven by their dog's. 



The g-rass on the opposite side of the mountains having* 

 been burnt, we resolved, by the advice of the natives, to 

 skirt them on the south side for a day or two. As soon as 

 it Avas lig'ht, I set out with Mohan3Tom, and killed a spotted 

 hytenaf that had been attracted ^Aith man}' others b}' the 

 smell of the pork to our camp. I was giad to have my 

 reveng-e, for the vag-abonds had annoyed our cattle all nig-ht 

 long", moaning- funereally in concert with the dismal 3'elling' 

 of jackalsjj and roaring* of lions, with whose melody our 

 onl}^ surviving* dog* never failed to chime in. The sole of my 

 shoe coming" off, during* the hot pursuit of a water-buck, 

 whose leg" I had fractured, I had the felicity of completing* 

 the animal's destruction barefooted, and afterwards runnino- 

 about two miles over sharp flint stones to overtake the 

 wag"g*ons, which had crossed four inconsiderable mountain 

 streams, and were entering* a field of tall reed-g-rass, that 

 waved above the heads of the oxen. An immense AA'liite 

 rhinoceros suddenly started from his slumbers, and rushed 

 furiously at the leading wag'g'on, crushing* the dry reeds 

 before him, and alarming* the cattle by his loud snorting* and 

 hostile demonstrations. A voile}-, however, cooled his cou- 

 rage, and he retired to a suitable bush, where we despatched 



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