VIII VICIOUS ELEPHANTS AND A BUFFALO 85 
out hunting at the time and only returned to camp 
two days after the sad occurrence, when it was too 
late to follow up the spoor of the murderer, because 
his traces were completely obliterated by the fresh 
tracks of other elephants. 
The natural light-heartedness of the average 
ELEPHANT CALLED ‘TOMBACCO.’ 
African native soon allows him to forget the loss of 
those who are dear to him, he forgets as a child 
forgets, but Njerembo proved an exception to the 
rule. He has been with me ever since the incident 
narrated above, and was one of my caravan on my 
very last safari, but he has not married, and I have 
never known him to have even a sweetheart since 
the tragic death of his betrothed Asalie. 
