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RETURN TO CAMP . 
[chap. VII. 
back, although the elephant was out of sight. Yaseen 
was, of course, nowhere; but after a quarter of an 
hour’s shouting and whistling, he reappeared, and I 
mounted Filfil, ordering Tetel to be led home. 
The sun had just sunk, and the two Latookas who 
now joined me refused to go farther on the tracks, 
saying, that the elephant must die during the night, 
and that they would find him in the morning. We 
were at least ten miles from camp; I therefore fired 
a shot to collect my scattered men, and in about half 
an hour we all joined together, except the camels and 
their drivers, that we had left miles behind. 
No one had tasted food since the previous day, nor 
had I drunk water, although the sun had been burning 
hot; I now obtained some muddy rain water from a 
puddle, and we went towards home, where we arrived 
at half-past eight, every one tired with the day’s work. 
The camels came into camp about an hour later. 
My men were all now wonderfully brave; each had 
some story of a narrow escape, and several declared 
that the elephants had run over them, but fortunately 
without putting their feet upon them. 
The news spread through the town that the elephant 
was killed; and, long before daybreak on the following 
morning, masses of natives had started for the jungles, 
where they found him lying dead. Accordingly, they 
