156 ADVENTURES OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER ch. xv 
the necessity of taking repeated rests on account of 
our weak condition, we only reached our men about 
eight o’clock next morning. 
They were lying under the shade of a dense shrub, 
Malingum and Usufu being in a very low state, the 
cook in somewhat fitter condition. After putting them 
through a process of revival similar to that to which 
we had subjected ourselves, we all lay down for a 
couple of hours’ rest in the same convenient shelter, 
and at the end of that time we felt strong enough to 
partake of food. Our repast over, we set out and, 
travelling at a moderate rate, arrived in camp late 
the same evening. Next day, we did little else 
than eat and sleep, and, owing to the fine physical 
condition in which we always were, experienced 
no prejudicial effects from our trying adventure. 
