THE ELEPHANT. 
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Owen, as having befallen a party of his crew, 
during a hippopotamus hunt on the river 
Oundas, in Delagoa Bay. On their return to 
l^he schooner, along the banks of the river, 
passing near a spot where a hippopotamus had 
^een seen sporting in the w'ater, a loud rustling 
^as heard aiuong tlie reeds, as if the animal 
Wd retreated thither. Messrs. Arlett and 
J^arette, with two of the seamen, immediately 
followed, with the intention of driving him 
Out. The latter, eager in the pursuit, was a 
little in advance ; and, owing to the thickness 
of the reeds, he was close to the animal before 
1^0 was aware that, instead of an hippopotamus, 
lie was almost stumbling upon an enormous 
olephant. The animal, irritated at the intru- 
sion, waved his trunk in the air, and, as soon 
Lieut. Arlett had exclaimed “ Here he is !” 
'Soared upon his hind legs, turned short round, 
^nd, with a shrill passionate cry, rushed after 
liitti, bearing down the opposing reeds. For a 
