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had been entirely cut up by the natives who accom- 

 panied me on the previous day. They had built huge 

 fires, and worked the entire night. The Wanderobbo 

 eat all parts of the elephant except the skull — the 

 skin, bones, sinews, intestines, and all. The natives 

 had found another elephant dead, probably the one I 

 last fired at ; so I had succeeded in getting two of 

 the four I had attempted to kill. The second ele- 

 phant had but small tusks. 



Upon reaching the place where the Wanderobbo 

 had piled the meat taken from the carcasses of the 

 elephants, the women gave vent to pceans of joy, and, 

 like hyenas, seized bits of the raw meat, which they 

 devoured with avidity. I took some guides, and again 

 went in search of elephants, but found none ; and re- 

 turned to camp thoroughly tired out. From these 

 three days' constant marching my feet were very sore ; 

 so I spent forty-eight hours in rest. 



From our camp at Sayer we had taken but suffi- 

 cient food to last two days ; so I was now forced to 

 subsist entirely upon bits of elephant heart, which I 

 found to be quite a delicacy, when roasted upon the 

 end of a sharp stick. All other parts of the elephant 

 I have tried, and all but this portion I found unpala- 

 table ; but the heart is a fine morsel, and reminded 

 me somewhat of a mince pie. 



On the evening of the second day of my rest, the 

 Leguinan of the Wanderobbo village appeared with 

 some of his followers, and said that on the following 

 day he would take me to a place near by, full of 

 elephants, which were not nearly so difficult to shoot 

 as those we had last taken. He frankly told me 



