17S EXPEDITION INTO 



fury. Troops of elephants flying* from the scene of slaug-h- 

 ter^ passed close to our wag-gons during- the darkness^ their 

 wild voices echoing* among-st the mountains^ and sounding* 

 like trumpets ahove the tempest. It was impossible to keep 

 the fires burning* : and the oxen and sheep were alarmed 

 to such a deg*ree^ that they broke from the kraal, and sought 

 safety in the wilderness. Tired as I was, the excitement 

 I had underg'one banished sleep from my eyes — I ruminated 

 on the spii'it-stirring* events of the day, and burned with 

 impatience to renew them. Heedless of the withering* 

 blast that howled without, I felt that my most sang*uine 

 expectations had been realized, and that we had already 

 been amply repaid for the difficulties, privations, and 

 dang*ers that we had encountered in our toilsome journey 

 towards this fairy land of sport. 



