2d. - I Followed Up The Elephant Some Way, Till A Pongo Offering An Irresistible Shot I Sent A Bullet Through Him, But He Was Lost After Hours' Tracking In The Interminable Large Grasses.

An enormous snake, with fearful mouth and fangs, was speared by the men.

In the evening I wounded a buck nsamma, which, after tracking till dark, was left to stiffen ere the following morning; and just after this on the way home, we heard the rogue elephant crunching the branches not far off from the track; but as no one would dare follow me against the monster at this late hour, he was reluctantly left to do more injury to the gardens.

3d. - After a warm search in the morning we found the nsamma buck lying in some water; the men tried to spear him, but he stood at bay, and took another bullet. This was all we wanted, affording one good specimen; so, after breakfast, we marched to Kirindi, where the villagers, hearing of the sport we had had, and excited with the hopes of getting flesh, begged us to halt a day.

4th. - Not crediting the stories told by the people about the sport here, we packed to leave, but were no sooner ready than several men ran hastily in to say some fine bucks were waiting to be shot close by. This was too powerful a temptation to be withstood, so, shouldering the rifle, and followed by half the village, if not more, women included, we went to the place, but, instead of finding a buck - for the men had stretched a point to keep me at their village - we found a herd of does, and shot one at the people's urgent request.

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