ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 
CH. VII 
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after recent failures, not to risk any chance of his getting off. 
This most opportune supply I regarded as a happy omen, and 
the men were joyful, carrying off almost every scrap of meat 
on the top of their loads, for the beast was fat. I also saw 
some giraffe not far from my camp, but was satisfied with what 
the gods had already sent us. 
Frolic’s Grave. 
