264 ELEPHANT-HUNTING [ch. x 
good work with elephants, although I kept to my belief 
that, for such very heavy game, my Holland *500 to *450 
was an even better weapon. 
Not far from where this elephant fell Tarlton had, 
the year before, witnessed an interesting incident. He 
was watching a small herd of elephants, cows and 
calves, which were in the open, when he saw them 
begin to grow uneasy. Then, with a shrill trumpet, a 
cow approached a bush, out of which bounded a big 
lion. Instantly all the cows charged him, and he fled 
as fast as his legs would carry him for the forest, two 
hundred yards distant. He just managed to reach the 
cover in safety, and then the infuriated cows, in their 
anger at his escape, demolished the forest for several 
rods in every direction. 
