136 ADVENTURES OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER ch. 
face, dropping him on his knees, and ere he had 
time to rise and try conclusions with us, I snatched 
my second rifle from Simba and gave him the coup 
de grace with a bullet in the brain. Leaving the 
animal, we instantly set out in search of Usufu, 
calling his name loudly as we went and hoping 
ELEPHANT WHICH CHARGED ME AND NEARLY KILLED MY BOY, USUFU. 
against hope that he might still be alive. To our 
intense relief, we soon heard cries of ‘ Bwana! 
Bwana ! ’ which we knew proceeded from Usufu, and 
ere many minutes had passed, he turned up, none 
the worse for his exciting adventure. 
In relating his experiences, he told us that when 
the elephant was almost on him, he had flung down 
the package of food which he had been carrying for 
