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THE ELEPHANT. 
day. On the present occasion M. Wahlberg 
had intimated that it was his intention not to be 
absent long; and although his surmise proved in¬ 
correct, yet, owing to his hunting excursions being 
so very uncertain with regard to time, we did not 
entertain that anxietv for his return which w T e 
should have felt had he been more punctual, know¬ 
ing that, so long as he was amongst the game he 
was in search of, a month might elapse ere he made 
his appearance. However, after waiting ten days 
in vain for him, I became uneasy, more especially 
as I could gain no information from the natives 
respecting his whereabouts. Owing to my people, 
as well as to myself, as before stated, suffering 
severely from fever, I had determined on removing 
the waggons to a more healthy situation, when, upon 
the eve prior to my intended movement, the start¬ 
ling intelligence that my unfortunate companion 
had been killed by an elephant was conveyed to 
me by his servants. The feelings of pain and 
sorrow w 7 hich so shocking an event occasioned to 
all who were acquainted with him, cannot be easily 
imagined, and will, I am sure, never be effaced 
from my memory. 
ee The following are the particulars of M. Wahl- 
berg’s death, as related to me by the Damaras 
who accompanied him :— c We proceeded,’ said the 
men, c from the waggons in a westerly direction, and 
on the day of our departure we struck upon the 
spoor of a young bull-elephant, which we followed 
until the third day, when we came up to him in 
company with three others, one of which master 
