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expected to find the animal lying down. Instead 
of this, we discovered another large piece of 
fractured thigh bone, which proved that the 
hollow Express bullet, although *577, had broken 
up upon striking the bone, instead of penetrating 
throughout the body. The muscles of the thigh 
and the bone had been shattered to atoms, and 
the flesh so completely exploded that it had 
flown in all directions, dispersed in the smallest 
fragments ; nevertheless this bear had gone right 
away, and was never more seen, although we 
expended more than an hour in its search, both 
with men and elephants. 
There could not be a more cruel example of 
the effect of a hollow projectile when striking 
a bone. If that had been a solid bullet, it would 
have raked the animal fore and aft, and would 
have rolled it over on the spot. 
. END OF VOL. I 
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