Sometimes a shadow crossed the whitened sands; scurried, rather; and quietly Bruce would tell her what the animals were--jackals, with an occasional prowling red wolf.

They were not disturbed by any of the cat family.

But there was one interval of suspense.

Bruce spied in the distance a small herd of wild elephants.
So did Rajah, who raised his trunk and trumpeted into the night.

The mahout, fully awake to the danger, beat the old rascal mightily with his goad.