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well for the ist April, but after this last shot our 
luck for the day was ended. 
This day unfortunately deprived me of my com¬ 
panion, as the fever which had been dormant 
developed itself in Sanderson and completely pro¬ 
strated him. He had a peculiar objection to quinine, 
therefore in default of remedies, which were all at 
hand, he remained a great sufferer during three 
successive weeks, and I was left alone with the long 
line of elephants to complete the driving of the 
innumerable churs below the village of Rohumari. 
I must pay Mr. Sanderson the well-merited com¬ 
pliment of praising his staff of mahouts, who were, 
with their well-trained animals, placed at my disposal; 
these men exhibited the result of such perfect dis¬ 
cipline and organization, that, although a perfect 
stranger to them, I had not the slightest difficulty ; 
on the contrary, they worked with me for twenty 
days as though I had been their old master for 
as many years. No better proof could be adduced 
of the excellent management of Mr. Sanderson’s 
department. 
The sport on ist April had raised my expecta¬ 
tions, but I quickly discovered that it was an 
exceptional day, and that the rule would be dis¬ 
appointing. A little experience introduced me to 
the various characters of the elephants which com¬ 
posed our pack, and I amused myself by arranging 
them according to their qualifications, the heavier 
and slower animals in the centre, and the more active 
at either end of the line. Each elephant was to 
