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AN ELEPHANT SHOT. 
80° to 84° at sunset. The sensation, howevor, as before 
remarked, was not disagreoable. 
14</t. — We entered a most beautiful valloy, abounding in 
largo gamo. Finding a buffalo lying down, I wont to 
eocuro him for our food. Three balls did not kill him, and, 
os ho turnod round as if for a charge, wo ran for the sholtoi 
of somo recks. Before wo gained them, wo found that 
throe elephants, probably attracted by tho strange noiso, 
had cut off our retreat on that sido : they, however, turnod 
short off, and allowed us to gain the recks. Wo then saw 
that tho buffalo was moving off quite briskly, and, in order 
not to bo entirely balked, I tried a long shot at the last of 
tho elephants, and, to tho groat joy of my people, broke his 
fore-log. Tho young men soon brought him to a stand, 
and one shot in tho brain despatched him. I was right 
glad to soo tho joy manifested at such an abundant supply 
of meat. 
On tho following day, whilo my men were cutting up 
tho elephant, groat numbers of tho villagers came to enjoy 
tho feast. Wo were on tho sido of a fino green valloy, 
studded hero and there with trees and cut by numerous 
rivulets. I had retired from tho noiso, to tako an observa- 
tion among some rocks of laminated grit, when I beheld 
an elephant and her calf at the end of tho valley, about 
two miles distant. Tho calf was rolling in tho mud, and 
tho dam was standing fanning herself with her great cars. 
As I looked at them through my glass, I saw a long striug 
of my own men appearing on tho other side of them, and 
Sekwebu came and told mo that theso men had gono oS, 
saying, “Our father will see to-day what sort of men he 
has got.” I then went higher up the sido of the valley, i D 
order to havo a distinct viow of their modo of hunting- 
Tho goodly beast, totally unconscious of tho approach of 
an enemy, stood for somo time suckling her young one, 
which seemed about two years old : they then wont into a 
pit containing mud, and smeared thomsolvcs all ovor with 
it, tho little one frisking about his dam, flapping his ear* 
