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ground. I stepped up to give him a "coup de grace," 

 but it was not required, both bullets had struck the 

 vulnerable place immediately above the trunk, within 

 f an inch of each other, and, penetrating the brain, death 

 was instantaneous. 



" Hurra!" cried B , as he threw up his cap, 



' those 'ivories ' must weigh heavily, and will help to 

 replenish the shot in my locker, for old Framjee will 

 give me a pagoda* a pound for them. Was it not 

 neatly done ? " 



"Yes," I replied, "most scientifically, for he 

 dropped to your shot like a stone ; however, you had 

 better superintend the cutting-out of the tusks your- 

 self, as he has fallen in an awkward position to get 

 at; and, if you do not take care, the fellows will 

 chip the ivory with their axes, which will spoil the 

 appearance of the tusks." 



"All right, Hal, I'll see to it; but do you think 

 this fellow was really a rogue, for he does not look as 

 if he was particularly vicious, judging from the cut of 

 his ' phisog,' although he has several old scars, barely 

 healed, over his hind-quarters?" 



" I do for several reasons," I replied. " First be- 

 cause the Carders, who are generally tolerably truth- 

 ful, say so ; secondly, because of his solitary habits ; 

 and thirdly, because I fancy those scars are the results 

 of encounters with other of his species, who will not 

 allow him to associate with them. An elephant who 

 * A pagoda, three rupees and a half about seven shillings. 



