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THE ELEPHANT. 
hastened to join our master, but had not proceeded 
far when we met the Bushman running in breath¬ 
less haste towards us. We inquired for M. Wahl- 
berg and were told that the elephant had caught 
him! Hurrying to the spot indicated, we found 
only the mangled remains of our poor master, which 
the enraged beast had just quitted; there was no 
sign of life. Indeed, the body was so fearfully 
mutilated as to be scarcely recognizable; we care¬ 
fully collected and buried the remains. 5 
;c I deeply regret that, owing to the weak state 
of my health, 55 Mr. Green goes on to say, “ I was 
unable to proceed to the fatal spot; but even could 
I have reached the place, at least twelve days must 
have elapsed from the time of the catastrophe, the 
distance from our waggons being very considerable. 
“ M. Wahlberg was a most determined and a 
most successful elephant - hunter, but he was far 
too adventurous, and his bravery throughout this 
dangerous hunting placed him in extreme peril with 
elephants upon numerous occasions, and, alas ! 
terminated at last so fatally. 
“ I had frequently endeavoured to impress upon 
M. Wahlberg the danger of 6 foot-hunting, 5 but he 
always insisted upon its being the most safe ; and, 
though I myself had never thought of pursuing such 
a course upon any former trip (nor had I ever met 
a European during my journeys in this portion of 
Africa who hunted elephants in any other way than 
by means of thorough good horses), yet from the suc¬ 
cess that attended my friend, I latterly also became 
a foot-lmnter. It was M. Wahlberg’s opinion that 
