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A FEW THRILLS AT BANGALLA RIVER 263 
to watch the actual avenging of his comrades, on 
seeing three bullets fail to stop the elephant, had 
completely lost his head, and uttering a terrified 
yell, had, to put it gently, beat a hasty retreat. In 
his wild career, he unfortunately tripped over the 
protruding root of a tree, and with a loud impreca¬ 
tion fell headlong to earth. He severely sprained 
his ankle in the fall, but' painful as this mishap 
undoubtedly was, he had, after the danger was 
over, to suffer the jibes and jeers of my men, who, 
having witnessed the whole incident, burst into 
roars of derisive laughter over the recollection of 
the accident, as is their wont when any of their 
companions get into difficulties. We rigged up a 
maschilla for Makakora and carried the old fellow 
back to the village, where a week’s rest put him on 
his feet again. 
The tusks of the first elephant shot scaled 75 
and 76J lbs., respectively; those of the second 62 
and 69 lbs. One of the ears of the latter animal 
was badly frayed, the result of native bullet-holes, 
having been torn and enlarged by branches when 
the beast was forcing his way through the bush. 
* Both animals bore the scars of many old and recent 
bullet wounds inflicted by native hunters. 
