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CHAPTER XX. 



THE GREAT ANNAMULLAY FOREST Continued. 

 A ROGUE ELEPHANT. 



Naga's party join us. News of a rogue elephant. Chineah 



despatched for the bison's spoils. B 's luck. The start. 



We strike a fresh trail. Fall in with the tusker. Our pror 

 ceedings. B 's excellent shot. The ivories. A discus- 

 sion on " rogues." The cutting-out of the tusks. Return to 



the low country. Arrival of our guests. Dinner. B -'s 



adventure of a "griffin." The lion and tiger .compared. My 

 first lion. We again ascend the ghaut. Good cheer. Con- 

 sultation. Elephant-spoors. The trail followed up. K 's 



rashness. An escape. A small tusker falls. Return to the 

 hut. B 's bag. A storm. Return to cantonment. 



O HORTLY after we had retired to rest, I was 

 b*J awakened by an extraordinary noise and bustle 

 outside our hut ; and, on calling for Chineah, found 

 that Naga and Veerapah, with a party of Carders, 

 had come in, having missed their way until attracted 

 by our fire. Naga reported that the Carders had 

 told him of a bull-elephant, with large tusks, that 



