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to remain quiet until he should again come in sight ; 

 for, as he had disappeared in the intervening valley, 

 I could not catch another glimpse of him until he had 

 reached a point almost upon us. But the eagerness 

 of the natives was so great that they were unable to 

 control th-emselves. Upon seeing him approach, they 

 set up a cry as to which portion of him each of them 

 should get. This frightened the elephant, and he 

 turned off, and did not reappear. I went after him, 

 and saw more elephants at a great distance ; but was 

 unable to get near them, as the other Wanderobbo 

 were yelling all about us in the bush, and they suc- 

 ceeded in making all the animals take to flight. 



I was able with the aid of my glasses to see and 

 count eighty elephants in view at one time. I do not 

 know whether the elephant is disappearing with great 

 rapidity from other parts of the world ; but I think I 

 am safe in asserting that it will be many years before 

 they are driven from the shelter of the bush near 

 Loroghi. 



Before leaving camp in the morning, I had instructed 

 my men to move it to the neighbourhood of the Bugoi 

 stream. Just before sunset I found them encamped 

 near a village of the Wanderobbo, who had moved 

 farther up-stream, in the hope of being nearer the 

 elephants they felt confident I should kill. On my 

 way to the village I heard that some of the Wande- 

 robbo had succeeded in killing two elephants. When 

 this fact was announced to their women, they set up 

 a scream of joy, and danced about with delight. The 

 Wanderobbo who live upon elephant meat have no 

 fixed abode, but rear habitations in any place where 



