314 
THE ELEPHANT. 
failed me, and I therefore sent my attendant for a 
reserve of both that had been left with the men 
on the rock, and, on his return, quickly terminated 
the sufferings of the miserable creature. 
Whilst thus engaged, a third elephant had been 
seen by the men on the look-out; and, being in¬ 
formed he had gone in the direction of the spot 
where the first of his comrades had fallen, I turned 
off at once in search of him. I had not, however, 
gone far, when 1 found myself surrounded by 
numerous Gvatjimbas, or poor Damaras, making the 
most terrific hubbub in celebration of my success; 
or, rather, at the prospect of a gorge on some 
six tons of elephant’s flesh. I cannot describe 
the annoyance I felt at being thus unexpectedly 
baffled in my object, for, of course, the animal in 
question, scared by the noise, had precipitately left 
the vicinity. Had it not been for the presence of 
these men, I should probably have killed this one 
also, which would, indeed, have made a glorious 
day’s sport. 
As it was, I had done pretty well; having bagged, 
to use the sportsman’s phrase, two fine young male 
elephants, measuring respectively, from head to 
shoulders, eleven and eleven and a half feet. Their 
tusks, however, were not on a par with the 
size of the animals, the largest not much exceeding 
fifty pounds. 
By this time more than fifty Damaras were on 
the spot, whilst other natives, including Bushmen 
and Berg Damaras from the neighbouring moun¬ 
tain Etjo, were flocking in on all sides. The 
