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his tusks were not large, and of them one was 

 broken, and it appeared doubtful whether the 

 ivory would weigh the regulation 35 Ibs. per 

 tusk. I thought also that I would come across a 

 better elephant at the Lorian, and refrained, 

 therefore, from attacking him. After standing 

 in our view for some time, he turned and strolled 

 leisurely into the jungle by the river. This was 

 the only elephant I saw in the course of the 

 expedition. 



Gimlette on the same morning fell in with 

 elephants on the river, and had a shot at a tusker 

 when he was crossing the river. He fired at the 

 heart with his '470 cordite rifle, and the elephant 

 dropped to the shot, but recovered rapidly, and, 

 scrambling to his feet, disappeared in the jungle 

 on the other side of the river. Gimlette and 

 Mabruki followed and came up with him; and 

 Gimlette put two more bullets into him. The 

 elephant then charged, and Gimlette and Mabruki 

 became separated and took cover behind trees. 

 Gimlette had no more cartridges, and Mabruki, 

 who had the reserve supply, was unwilling to 

 leave the tree behind which he had taken shelter. 

 The elephant availed himself of the lull in the 

 battle to make good his escape. 



If we had not gone to the Lorian, and had 

 halted for some days at or near the place where 

 we saw the elephants, and had hunted carefully 

 the ground on both sides of the river, we might 

 have shot elephants, though, if we had done 

 this, we should not have had the satisfaction of 

 reaching our objective, and seeing the swamp. 

 At the Lorian, where we expected so much, we 



