THE ELEPHANT 
was a sad sight the morning after the combat. A friend and myself made 
an expedition after the gunesh , and on the second or third day got up close 
to a big bull in the jungle, which we imagined to be the animal. He was 
standing broadside on and just as we were preparing to fire he turned his 
head and showed that he possessed both tusks; at once we knew he was 
not the one we were after, and let him go. 
When following elephants in Africa I have often been able to locate their 
position in thick jungle by the rumbling noise of their stomachs when in 
process of digestion; but I have not noticed this so much in India, where 
perhaps the animal’s food may be easier to assimilate. 
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