It quickly turned its head half round toward me; in the same instant I took the temple-shot, and by the flash of the rifle I saw that it fell.

Jumping forward past the huge body, I fired the left-hand barrel at an elephant that had advanced from the herd; it fell immediately! Now came the moment for a grand rush, as they stumbled in confusion over the last fallen elephant, and jammed together in a dense mass with their immense ears outspread, forming a picture of intense astonishment! Where were my spare guns?
Here was an excellent opportunity to run in and floor them right and left! Not a man was in sight! Everybody had bolted, and I stood in advance of the dead elephant calling for my guns in vain.

At length one of my fellows came up, but it was too late.

The fallen elephant in the herd had risen from the ground, and they had all hustled off at a great pace, and were gone.

I had only bagged one elephant.