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Show ,, , ,,nv ... ,,.-fcfrf JTitfVTi? -ra i PURSUED BY WILD ELEPHANTS. Death of a Wounded Bull Saved tht Hunting Party. "I was kneeling, while my men lay lint on their fnccn," writes C. 0. Schillings Schil-lings In his "Willi Flashlight ami mile." of nn elephant (hunting Incident. Inci-dent. "I sent two more bullets Into tho male elephant. The 'wholo herd tlien gathered nruiiml nn old icmalo elephant mid hroko awny in n ijulck shuffle Since they turned to the right I enjojed the grand sight of twenty-four elephants passing at a dlstauco of about 450 feet. Tho wounded male passed n llttlo nearer to mo and I could not refrain from firing at him once more. The whole herd Rtopped, took tho oung ones Into their midst, looked around and BnlffV'd the air. "They discovered us, and, let by two females, they e.une to attack us The situation becniuo vorj cilticnl. for l.l the long run the nnlinals were bound to overtake us. I fled ns fust ns my feet would carry nic In the vvuko of my men, who were running away from the nnlmnl at n right angle. They Knew, ns I did, thnt tho elephant's ele-phant's bonsn of sight Is weak and that our only chance of escape lay In changing, from time to Mmc, tho direction of our Might. I "We did not daro look mound, but hurried on In breathless haste. The thundering, dull nolso of the pursuing elephants cnnie nearer und nearer. Then suddenly a piercing, trumpet- j like sound wns heard abovo the dull noise. Turning nround I saw tho wounded nnlmnl falling Into a sitting posture and the reht of the herd In wild flight nway from us." |