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ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 



discomfiture and numerous wounds by the bees, so that, though 

 my next shot knocked down another cow, she was only 

 wounded and got up again directly ; with the second barrel, 

 however, I felled her again and left her for dead. My rifle 

 got quite hot after these five shots in quick succession. 



I now sat down for a short rest and a drink of gruelly 

 native beer (very refreshing and sustaining when one is hot 



" The natives stick these tubs in trees for the accommodation of wild bees, by which 

 simple means they secure a regular supply of honey. " 



and empty), while my gunbearer and I pulled the stings out of 

 each other's face and neck, the second one meanwhile going 

 to cut off the tails of the elephants I had just shot. The last 

 one they could not find, and brought me word that it had 

 gone ; but as it had fallen just under the bee tree, I thought 

 they had perhaps been afraid to venture to the right spot, and 

 was not satisfied until I had once more run the eauntlct of the 



