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I ordered Chineah and the rest of the gang to 

 halt, and having looked to the powder in my nipples, 

 and made sure of the direction from which the sounds 

 proceeded, stole noiselessly forward, accompanied by 

 Googooloo only, who carried a couple of spare guns. 

 We soon came up with the rearmost of the herd, a group 

 of five females, who were browsing upon the young 

 and tender shoots of the bamboo and other succulent 

 plants which abounded in that part of the jungle. 

 As they were beneath my notice I gave them a wide 

 berth, and Googooloo and I separated, in order that 

 we might have a better chance of finding the trail of 

 a bull. 



I soon came across a spoor larger than any of the 

 rest, and Googooloo not being in sight I followed it 

 up alone. After half-an-hour's tracking, in which 1 

 passed a young male and three other females, I saw a 

 huge tusker standing alone by several large boulders 

 of rock, against one of which he was rubbing his hind- 

 quarters. 



Immediately I caught sight of him I dived into 

 the deeper jungle, and, by making a circuitous route, 

 got well to windward of him. I then regretted that 

 Googooloo was not with me, as I had no spare gun, 

 and I felt nervous lest my prey might escape. How- 

 ever, there was no help for it, so after carefully re- 

 connoitring the ground, in order to avail myself of 

 any cover it afforded, I crept forward on my hands 



