As we watched and waited for his head to turn we noticed that his ears began to wave slowly back and forth, like the gills of a fish as it breathes.

The head slowly and almost imperceptibly turned, and Akeley signaled me to shoot.

From where I stood I could not see the tusks at first, but as his head turned more I saw the great white shafts of ivory.

The visible ivory was evidently about four feet long, and indicated that he carried forty or fifty pounds of ivory.

Then, quicker than a wink, the great dark mass was galvanized into motion.