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letting him come very near when he looked inclined 
to give up the chase; thus, with faint hopes of eventu¬ 
ally catching me, he exhausted himself, and fell an 
easy prey. This cannot always be done, however, 
but the bush in which we got them was very light, 
and well adapted for the fun. Both elephants had 
very fine teeth, 250 lbs., at least, in all. Kow came 
the tug of war, getting back again. I lent Woodcock 
my horse, and, feeling in high spirits and good con¬ 
dition, took to walking for eight or ten miles, when 
Alington gave him a lift; the footmen were dead beat, 
Baffler knocked up, and fell down dizzy and done. 
Woodcock struggled on manfully to within 1,000 
yards of the wagon, when Alington again lent him his 
horse. January, one of Pharaoh’s lean kine, was out 
and out the freshest man of the party. We straggled 
back by ones and twos soon after dark, but should 
never have found the wagons had it not been for the 
wonderful instinct of January, who is the finest hand 
at a spoor I ever heard or even read of. On reach¬ 
ing the wagons we fired signal-shots to bring up the 
stragglers. 
Yesterday, when I walked to the wagons and made 
the sledge, I heard seven bulls had drunk the evening 
we left. We saw a troop of giraffes and a few ostriches 
and elands, but there is no other game in these forests. 
I saw four rhinoceros drinking at the fountain the 
other night, but, fearful of disturbing any elephants, 
would not shoot. We have lived on elephants’ hearts 
lately, which are really good, but I begin to long once 
