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ELEPHANTS. 
[chap. VII?. 
upon the tracks of rhinoceros, giraffes, and elephants, 
and shortly moved a rhinoceros, but could get no shot, 
owing to the thick bush in vdiich he started and dis¬ 
appeared quicker than I could dismount. After a 
short circuit in search of the rhinoceros, we came upon 
a large herd of buffaloes, but at the same moment 
we heard elephants trumpeting at the foot of the 
mountains. Not wishing to fire, lest the great game 
should be disturbed, I contented myself with riding 
after the buffaloes, wonderfully followed on foot by 
Adda, who ran like a deer, and almost kept up with 
my horse, hurling his three lances successively at the 
buffaloes, but without success. I had left the camels 
in an open plain, and returning from the gallop after 
the buffaloes, I saw the men on the camels beckoning 
to me in great excitement. Cantering towards them, 
they explained that a herd of bull elephants had just 
crossed an open space, and had passed into the jungle 
beyond. There was evidently abundance of game ; and 
calling my men together, I told them to keep close to 
me with the spare horses and rifles, while I sent the 
Latookas ahead to look out for the elephants: we 
followed at a short distance. 
In about ten minutes we saw the Latookas hurrying 
towards us, and almost immediately after, I saw two 
enormous bull elephants with splendid tusks about a 
