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our horses with the precipitancy of men who know that 

 they have a monster enemy in their rear, Mr. Barrill was 

 in advance, when I, being rather too careless of my steps, 

 fell into a hole, made by the burrowing of some animal, 

 and before I could get up, I heard the elephant within a 

 few yards of me. At this dreadful moment, I retained 

 my presence of mind ; and as the bleeding monster emerged 

 from the bushes, I fired the contents of my second barrel 

 into his eye, and he fell forward with a mighty crash, his 

 enormous tusks almost impaling one of my legs. In an 

 instant I was upon my feet, and engaged in reloading my 

 rifle. But the elephant was fully paid he did not even 

 groan. 



I shouted for victory, and my friend was soon at my 

 side. The Parsees came up last, uttering many expres- 

 sions of alarm and astonishment. All congratulated me 

 on my narrow escape from the tusks of the elephant, as 

 well as upon my courage in facing the wounded monster. 

 In examining the wounds of the animal, we found that 

 although my first shot had not reached the brain, the 

 second had entered deep. Mr. Ban-ill's shot had entered 

 the lungs. 



The elephant of India differs in many respects from the 

 elephant of South Africa. The head is more oblong, and 

 the forehead presents, in the centre, a deep concavity be- 

 tween two lateral and rounded elevations ; that of the 



