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An Elephant Hunt

           Shortlyafterwere-passedthespotwhereGoodhadwoundedthepatriarchalbullwecameacrossaherdofeland,butdidnotshootatthem,aswehadplentyofmeat. Theytrottedpastus,andthenstoppedbehindalittlepatchofbushaboutahundredyardsaway,wheelingroundtolookatus. AsGoodwasanxioustogetanearviewofthem,neverhavingseenanelandclose, hehandedhisrifletoUmbopa,and,followedbyKhiva,strolleduptothepatchofbush. Wesatdownandwaitedforhim,notsorryoftheexcuseforalittlerest. 

           Thesunwasjustgoingdowninitsreddestglory,andSirHenryandIwereadmiringthelovelyscene,whensuddenlyweheardanelephantscream,andsawitshugeandrushingformwithupliftedtrunkandtailsilhouettedagainstthegreatfieryglobeofthesun. Nextsecondwesawsomethingelse,andthatwasGoodandKhivatearingbacktowardsuswiththewoundedbullforitwashechargingafterthem. Foramomentwedidnotdaretofirethoughatthatdistanceitwouldhavebeenoflittleuseifwehaddonesoforfearofhittingoneofthem, andthenextadreadfulthinghappened Goodfellavictimtohispassionforciviliseddress. Hadheconsentedtodiscardhistrousersandgaitersliketherestofus,andtohuntinaflannelshirtandapairofveldt-schoons,itwouldhavebeenallright. Butasitwas,histrouserscumberedhiminthatdesperaterace,andpresently,whenhewasaboutsixtyyardsfromus,hisboot,polishedbythedrygrass,slipped,anddownhewentonhisfacerightinfrontoftheelephant 

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