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"shot," and B won, as he generally managed 



to do ; after which we set out and followed the 

 course of the valley for about a mile, when we 

 entered a beautiful open forest of magnificent teak- 

 trees, where we soon came upon the old spoor of an 

 elephant, which we followed into a patch of high 

 waving bamboo-jungle, that had evidently been his 

 place of abode for several days, as we could tell by 

 the number of trails we met with on every side, all 

 of which appeared of the same size, and varying from 

 one to ten days old. 



Finding, from the freshness of the spoor, that he 

 could not be very far off, I ordered all the party, 

 except Googooloo and Naga, who carried our spare 

 guns, to mount into trees, so as to be out of the way 

 in case we met with him ; and shortly afterwards we 

 came to a sandy watercourse, which he had evidently 

 only just crossed, as the water was still flowing into 

 the imprints of his mighty feet. Whilst examining 

 these marks, Googooloo, whose every muscle quivered 

 with excitement, whilst his expressive countenance 

 was lighted up with intense animation, made a sign 

 for us to listen ; and above that strange, indescribable, 

 low buzzing hum, caused by the insect-world, from 

 the depths of the forest on every side, I plainly heard 

 a low "urmph," "urmph" which noise I knew was 

 caused by the elephant blowing through his trunk. 

 We now took the spare guns from Naga and Goo- 



