The ball had struck the white mark exactly in the centre, which pleased these natives exceedingly, and they returned in safety with the tail.
I have frequently tried these long shots since, but I never succeeded again except once, and that was not satisfactory, as the elephant did not die upon the spot, but was found by the natives on the following day.
On my return to the village I took a shot-gun and strolled along the banks of the lake.

The snipe were innumerable, and I killed them till my head ached with the constant recoil of the gun in addition to the heat.

I also killed several couple of ducks and teal in addition to twenty-eight couple of snipe.

This was the Paradise for sport at the time of which I write.

It had never been disturbed: but it has since shared the fate of many other places.
The open forest in the vicinity of the lake abounded with deer.