BOULDER PULISilED BY THE RUBBIiVG OF GENERATIONS UE EEEPHANTS 



The following day I went into the for- 

 est again and soon came up with a herd, 

 but in cover so dense that an inspection 

 could not be made. We worked with 

 them for hours, and finally succeeded in. 

 driving them out into the open, but un- 

 fortunately the grass was high and I had 

 not succeeded in gaining a point of 

 vantage, when with angry grunts they 

 doubled back to the forest. 



As I turned to follow, my attention 

 was called to a commotion in the bush at 

 the edge of the forest some 400 yards to 

 the left. Another herd was' coming out 

 into the grasslands, and from the top of 

 an ant hill I saw them distinctly as they 

 passed over a rise 50 yards away. There 

 were 1 1 cows. I waited a few moments, 

 thinking that, as often happens, a bull 

 might follow in their wake. The cows 

 had passed on to a distance of 300 or 400 

 yards, and I was about to leave the ant 

 hill and return to camp when from the 

 direction of the cows there came a low, 

 ominous rumble like distant thunder. It 

 was not very unlike the angry rumbling 



sounds we had so frequently heard when 

 with elephants, but it was plain talk and 

 meant trouble. 



A hasty glance around convinced us 

 that there was but one thing to do, to 

 stand and meet the charge from the ele- 

 vation where we were and from which 

 we could see. If we tried to escape to 

 one side or to the forest we could not see 

 them over the high grass before they 

 were upon us. 



A LIVING TORNADO 



The rumbling Avas repeated two or 

 three times, increasing in volume, and 

 was then followed by the wild shriek of 

 one angry cow and immediately taken up 

 by 10 others as they charged toward us. 

 Tliey came half way and stopped for a 

 moment. They had lost the wind, but 

 immediately caught it again, and roaring 

 and screaming with redoubled energy 

 came into view over a slight rise. It was 

 a disconcerting spectacle. Their great 

 ears at full spread, trunks thrashing 

 wildly, a roaring, screaming mass, 40 



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