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Page 387
Our method was to move forward some four or five hundred yards on the elephants , and then dismount and take up our stands . The elephants then returned to the beaters , and the whole line beat up to us .
Our method was to move forward some four or five hundred yards on the elephants , and then dismount and take up our stands . The elephants then returned to the beaters , and the whole line beat up to us .
Page 388
... who is showing what he can do in front of the other sex , and nine birds were down in little over a minute . Then came a pause , and I heard an elephant break into excited trumpeting . intervals of a few yards , Hearsey He reached ...
... who is showing what he can do in front of the other sex , and nine birds were down in little over a minute . Then came a pause , and I heard an elephant break into excited trumpeting . intervals of a few yards , Hearsey He reached ...
Page 397
I was on foot between the two elephants ( an act of gross folly which drew a severe rebuke from Hearsey later ) , and after a few yards I found one small spot of blood . This was proof positive of a hit , and we rejoiced accordingly .
I was on foot between the two elephants ( an act of gross folly which drew a severe rebuke from Hearsey later ) , and after a few yards I found one small spot of blood . This was proof positive of a hit , and we rejoiced accordingly .
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