Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . thick tangled bush and underwood mostlyhack-thorns, over which my nag jumped like a buck. He was verynearly on his head three or four times, as the soil was very heavy, sandy,and full of holes. The monster was all this time close in my wake; at length I got clear 630 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. from him, and he turned and made off in the opposite direction at hisbest pace. As soon as I could pu
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . thick tangled bush and underwood mostlyhack-thorns, over which my nag jumped like a buck. He was verynearly on his head three or four times, as the soil was very heavy, sandy,and full of holes. The monster was all this time close in my wake; at length I got clear 630 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. from him, and he turned and made off in the opposite direction at hisbest pace. As soon as I could pull up, which I managed after perform-ing three or four circles, I jumped off, righted my bridle, and went afterhim like the wind, as he had a long start, and I was afraid of losing himin thick bush. After giving him ten shots, and sustaining three moresavage charges, the last a long and silent one, far from pleasant, as myhorse had all the puff taken out of him, and he could only manage to keephis own before the brute, to my great satisfaction he at length fell, to riseno more. I had long been quite exhausted, and could not even put acap on the nipple. One of my men turned up about an hour after; he. AT CLOSE QUARTERS. said he fired all his powder away, giving his elephant sixteen bullets tono purpose; but the horse looked quite fresh, and both barrels wereloaded, and every man has a perfect right to form his own opinion as tothe reason why and wherefore. Elephant hunting is the very hardest life a man can chalk out for him-self Two blank days, riding five hours at a foots pace to a ravine, wherethe Masaras tell you they have drunk; sleeping in the bush with nothingto eat; a drink of muddy water in the morning, out of a dirty tortoise-shell, which serves for breakfast, dinner, and supper; all day in thesaddle, under a broiling sun, following after three half-starved Masaras in A FAMOUS AFRICAN HUNTER. 631 •greasy, tattered skins, who carry a little water, which is nauseous to
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