. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . on quietly rooting up seaweed with its trunk,and now and then sprinkling water over its wounds. He didnot seem to notice the boat or the men in it, and was equallyregardless of the bullets he received in his body. We beganto think he was too weak to get to land, so the Count calledQualla and gave him the heavy Express rifle, telling him to shootthe animal dead in the lake. The boat once more circled roundthe quarry, but two shots fired by Qualla were without notice-able result, so he ventured yet nearer
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . on quietly rooting up seaweed with its trunk,and now and then sprinkling water over its wounds. He didnot seem to notice the boat or the men in it, and was equallyregardless of the bullets he received in his body. We beganto think he was too weak to get to land, so the Count calledQualla and gave him the heavy Express rifle, telling him to shootthe animal dead in the lake. The boat once more circled roundthe quarry, but two shots fired by Qualla were without notice-able result, so he ventured yet nearer, and the men rested ontheir oars. We were just going to shout out our indignationat all this useless risk, when the boat began to move again,and slowly described a curve. But the next moment themen in her jumped overboard, for the elephant, which hadappeared to be rooted to the spot, suddenly charged withinconceivable fury, dashing the water around into foam. Inthe twinkling of an eye he was upon the fragile craft, which hefirst shoved before him for a little distance, and then seized.
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