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daring way in which African savages are used to attack 

 them; but although several arrows were shot and 

 assegais thrown, no serious harm was done to him. A 

 dog belonging to one of the natives ran in upon the 

 elephant, and while the owner was trying to get the 

 dog back, the elephant caught the man with his trunk 

 and threw him violently to the ground. All his ribs 

 seemed to be broken, and he soon died. There were no 

 guns on the spot at the time of the occm-rence. The 

 elephant went away for a few days, but returned again, 

 and came close up to the waggons. He received seven 

 bullets, but the two last were unnecessary, for he was 

 evidently dying after receiving the fifth. The Damaras 

 had a grand feed off him. 



I did not wish to waste time in Damara land, and 

 tried to persuade Chapupa to give me a guide to the 

 Ovampo, but after many excuses he flatly refused. 

 Okamabuti is on the Damara frontier, and a Bushman 

 tract of considerable breadth separates the two 

 countries. I had heard every imaginable account of 

 the distance hence to Nangoro's place, but settled in 

 my own mind that it must be somewhere between a 

 five and a twenty days' jom'ney. I therefore made 

 ready to trek on to one of the fountains that the 

 elephants frequented, and to stay there for a little until 

 I could bribe a guide to show me the way on. There 

 were a great many things to be done which requu'ed at 

 least a iortnight's rest ; the waggon sails, wliich were 

 torn in shreds, had to be well mended, oxhides had to 

 be dressed and then cut up into reims ; saddle-bags 

 were wanting, the men's shoes were worn out ; more 



