RUDOLF SHOOTS AN ELEPHANT 385 
the extractor had gone wrong). He had walked ahead of the 
wagons with Rarnkuj an, and near the water they saw the 
elephant rubbing his neck against a large haardekol-tree. 
Rudolf crawled up and hit the elephant with his shot behind 
the shoulder. The elephant just stood and swayed about like a 
drunken man, and then fell over on its side. They had a great 
feast of elephant meat while resting at Nata, and Westbeech 
shared the ivory with Rudolf, who now was in Cleksdorp. 
We gave them several odds and ends now no longer of use 
to us, and with kindly expressions which they sent after us, 
accompanied by much snapping of fingers in sign of their 
appreciation, we trekked on that evening to lessen the distance 
between us and Thlaballa. 
