CHASE OP SIX ELEPHANTS. 
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among the Zulu men, who would think it degrading, 
and an occupation only for the women. You seldom 
meet an Amatonga without his carrying a fire-stick, 
and big fires are slowly consuming all around the 
clearance. 
9 th. — Loth to leave such good quarters, I took a 
stroll with half-a-dozen Amatongas, to another vley, 
where I saw lots of sea-cows lying asleep, almost high 
and dry, with large white birds sitting on their 
heads, looking just like the hulls of so many vessels, 
but in unapproachable places. I got a shot at one 
facing me, and gave her a bullet in the forehead, and 
was waiting to see if she would rise, when opposite 
me, over the vley, I saw six elephants. My guide 
brought me well up to them with wonderful sagacity. 
A young bull stood between me and the only cow 
worth shooting; they moved on so quickly on seeing 
me, that I fired at the bull, and hit him behind the 
shoulders, laming him a good deal. We chased them 
about a mile on the open as hard as ever we could 
run; not much, if anything, to choose between the 
Amatongas and myself. I was only clad in a long 
shirt and gaiters, with light felt shoes, and we ran 
upon pretty even terms, and kept very near the 
elephants, though never able to get near enough for 
a broadside. The large cow with a young calf 
turned and showed fight, whereat the Amatongas 
fled. Now was my chance, as she stood with her 
trunk in the air, to have shot her in the chest, 
but I first aimed at the top of her trunk, then I 
