CHAP. 
114 ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 
that of the other, and he was fatter; perhaps a somewhat 
younger animal. My three bullet-holes formed a triangle on 
his chest; two went through the heart. 
By this time I and these artless Ndorobo savages had 
become fast friends, as was natural under the circumstances. 
We were mutually useful to each other; they showed me 
where to find elephants, and, when I killed any, they grew fat 
on the meat, and laid up stores of dried strips of flesh and of 
fat boiled out of the bones. Superstitious, like all Africans, it 
is not to be wondered at that they gave me credit for possess¬ 
ing something in the nature of magic, to aid me in the chase. 
I think my field-glasses may have added to the impression. I 
remember one day in particular, when, accompanied by two 
of them, I had made a long round over the foot-hills of the 
Lorogis, near where the Seya River comes through the southern 
extremity of the range, and, having failed to find any fresh 
indications of the presence of elephants in the neighbourhood, 
we were just about to give up the quest. Standing on a spur 
of the mountain, I was scanning the wide expanse of jungle, 
that stretched below us, with my glasses, when, by the greatest 
luck, I happened to catch a glimpse of some reddish objects, 
passing a slight gap among the trees, a couple of miles away. 
I knew these could be nothing but dusted elephants. No one 
else had seen them, and I could tell by their manner that my 
guides of the day, who had not hunted with me before, were 
incredulous. On reaching the part where I had seen the 
elephants, we could at first find no signs ; and their smiles 
plainly told that the Ndorobos did not believe there were 
any in the neighbourhood. But I was confident I had not 
been mistaken, and determined to persevere. We had not 
gone quite far enough, it proved, and a little more search 
brought us to their fresh spoor in the dusty soil. The 
change in my friends’ demeanour was marked, and as that 
was the occasion (already casually referred to) when I killed 
three, the feasting which ensued served to impress the inci- 
