II 
THE FIGHT WITH THE FOUR 
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once, and, endeavouring to keep to leeward, crept 
nearer and nearer to him. On this occasion, old 
Dame Fortune surely favoured us, for when we 
were about thirty yards from the giant, he suddenly 
turned and, with his enormous ears outspread at 
right angles to his head, steadily gazed in our direc- 
THE THREE ELEPHANTS. 
tion. A bullet from my *577 between his eyes, 
penetrated his brain, instantly dropping him. As 
the other three, probably curious to know what had 
befallen their comrade, rushed up to where he lay, 
I managed to secure a second with a beautiful shot 
just a little in front of the ear-hole. One of the 
remaining two, scared by the fusillade, took refuge 
in flight; the other, apparently mystified by the 
