i 4 ADVENTURES OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER ch. 
say what a strange emotion fills the mind at the 
simple sight, for it is a symbol of all those wider 
issues that twine about the heart and create that 
sentiment, which, in the first instance, binds a man to 
his home and again more widely to his native land. 
My men’s wives and 
children come out to 
meet them; chums 
meet chums; laughter 
and chatter and affec¬ 
tionate greetings re¬ 
sound on all sides, 
while I am greeted 
by my little terrier, 
who comes jumping 
up to me, licking my 
hands and tugging at* 
my trousers in a 
frenzy of excitement 
and joy. At last we 
are home, and I im¬ 
mediately bathe and 
change my clothes, and all my men, who are wonder¬ 
fully cleanly, do the same. A nicely cooked meal 
is the next luxury, and after that, I indulge in a peg 
or two of whisky and the solace of tobacco. My men 
make a hilarious night of it. Pombe (native beer) 
is drunk in large quantities ; they dance and sing 
NATIVE AXE AND KNIFE USED FOR 
CUTTING OUT ELEPHANT TUSKS, ETC. 
