I Was Within Half A Mile Of The Tent, And Had Just Turned Round An Angle Made By The Forest, When I Suddenly Saw The Grey Forms Of Several Elephants, Who Had Just Emerged From The Forest, And Were Feeding In The High Grass Within A Hundred Yards Of Me.

I counted seven, six of which were close to the edge of the jungle, but the seventh was a

Large bull elephant, who had advanced by himself about sixty yards into the plain. I thought I could cut this fellow off, and, taking my big rifle, I dismounted and crept cautiously towards him. He winded me before I had gone many paces, gave a shrill trumpet of alarm, and started off for the jungle; the rest of the herd vanished like magic, while I ran after the bull elephant at my best speed. He was too quick for me, and I could not gain upon him, so, halting suddenly, I took a steady shot at his ear with the four-ounce at about seventy yards. Down he went to the shot, but I heard him roar as he lay upon ,the ground, and I knew he would be up again in a moment. In the same instant, as I dropped my empty rifle, a double-barrelled gun was pushed into my hand, and I ran up to him, just in time to catch him as he was half risen. Feeling sure of him, I ran up within two yards of his head and fired into his forehead.

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