Bruce dismounted without having the elephant kneel and went to the water to fill his canteen.

The hunter in him became interested in the tracks along the banks.

A tiger, a leopard, some apes, and a herd of antelopes had been down to drink during the night.

Even as he looked a huge gray ape came bounding out, head-on toward Rajah, who despised these foolish beasts.

Perhaps the old elephant missed Ali, perhaps he was still somewhat upset by his failure to join his wild brothers the night before; at any rate, without warning, he set off with that shuffling gait which sometimes carried him as swiftly as a horse.