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steps to where the dead tusker lay. We pitched 
our camp within easy reach of the carcase, and, 
early next morning, cut out the tusks, which were 
of beautiful ivory and weighed 89 and 87 lbs., 
respectively. 
During the night, however, whilst tossing on 
THE DEAD TUSKER. 
my camp bed with a touch of fever resulting from 
the exertion and subsequent drenching of the day, 
I was all at once roused by a succession of alarmed 
yells from my tracker, Malingum. Fearing all 
sorts of contingencies, I picked up my rifle, and 
rushing to where my man lay, about a score of 
yards away from me, found him in a state of great 
perturbation. During the night, a puff adder, 
