. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . LIL AL VENTURE WITH ELEPHANTS.—HABITS OF THE LION. N the 27th, as day dawned, say*Mr. Gumming, I left my shooting-^^r-^ hole, and proceeded to inspect thespoor of my wounded elephant.( After following it for some distance I came) to an abrupt hillock, and fancying that from4~ ^ the summit a good view might be obtained•^^^^^*^ ^ of the surrounding country, I left my fol-0;^^=^^\ -^ lowers to seek the spoor, while 1 did not raise my eyes from the ground until I had reached thehighest pinnacle of rock. I then looked east, and to my inex-pressible gra
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . LIL AL VENTURE WITH ELEPHANTS.—HABITS OF THE LION. N the 27th, as day dawned, say*Mr. Gumming, I left my shooting-^^r-^ hole, and proceeded to inspect thespoor of my wounded elephant.( After following it for some distance I came) to an abrupt hillock, and fancying that from4~ ^ the summit a good view might be obtained•^^^^^*^ ^ of the surrounding country, I left my fol-0;^^=^^\ -^ lowers to seek the spoor, while 1 did not raise my eyes from the ground until I had reached thehighest pinnacle of rock. I then looked east, and to my inex-pressible gratification, beheld a troop of nine or ten elephantsquietly browsmg within a quarter of a mile of me. I allowedmyself only one glance at them, and then rushed down to warumy followers to be silent. A council of war was hastily held, theresult of which was my ordering Isaac to ride hard to camp, withinstructions to return as quickly as possible, accompanied by Klein-boy, and ta bring me my dogs, the large Dutch rifle, and a fresh. 310 HUNTING ADVENTURES. horse. I once more ascended the hillock to feast my eyes uponthe enchanting sight before me, and, drawing out my spy-glass,narrowly watched the motions of lie elephants. The herd consisted entirely of fern lies, several of which were followed by smallcalves. * Presently, on reconnoitering the surrounding country, I dis-covered a second herd, consisting of five bull elephants, whichwere quietly feeding about a mile to the northward. The cowawere feeding toward a rocky ridge thai stretched away from thebase of the hillock on which I stood. Burning with impatienceto commence the attack, I resolved to try the stalking system wit^these, and to hunt the troop of bulls with dogs and horses. Hav-ing thus decided, 1 directed the guides to watch the elephantsfrom the summit of the hillock, and with a beating heart I ap-proached them. The ground and wind favoring me, I soon gainedthe rocky ridge toward which they were feeding. They were
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