ELEPHANT HUNTING. 555 
approaching from the south by the same path which all the 
others had held. This elephant must have been very thirsty, 
for he came boldly on without any hesitation, and, keeping 
to windward, walked past within about eight yards of us. 
We fired at the same moment; the elephant wheeled about, 
and, after running a hundred yards, reduced his pace to a 
slow walk. I Slapped Carey on the shout ier, and Said, “We 
have him.” I had hardly uttered the words when:he fell 
over on his side; he rose, however, again to his feet. At 
this moment the same presuming borélé who had troubled us 
in the early part of the night came vp to us again, and, 
declining as before to depart by gentle hints, I thought-it a 
fitting moment to put an end to his intrusion, and accord- 
ingly gave him a ball behind the shoulder. On receiving it, 
he galloped off in tremendous consternation, and passed close 
under the dying elephant, who at the moment fell dead with 
a heavy crash, and broke one of his hind legs under him in 
the fall. 
About an hour after two more elephants came towering on 
from the east. When they came up they stood for a long 
time motionless within forty yards of the water; and at 
length the finer of the two, which was a very first-rate old 
bull, and carrying immense tusks, walked boldly forward, 
and, passing round the north side of the fountain, commenced 
drinking on the rock, just as the crippled bull had done. We 
both fired together, holding for his heart; the bullets must 
have gone nearly through him, for we had deuble charges of 
powder in our weapons. On receiving the shots he dropped 
a volume of water from his trunk, and, tossing it aloft, uttered 
a loud cry and made off, steering north; but before he was 
out of our sight he reduced his pace to a slow walk, and I 
could quite plainly hear, by the loud, painful breathing 
through his trunk, that he was mortally wounded; but 
whether the natives were too lazy to seek him, or having 
found him would not tell me, I know not, but I never got 
