As the big one passed it made a vicious swing at him with its trunk.
[Photograph: Bow On] [Photograph: By courtesy of W.D.Boyce.

The Bull Elephant] [Photograph: Cooking Elephant Meat] Fortunately the elephants continued in their course and we followed them with my big rifle again reloaded and ready.

Once more they turned in toward the river and were completely swallowed up in the tall reeds.

We again waded in after them and had gone only a few yards when we once more saw the angry head of the big one looming up as it came toward us.
I fired point-blank at the base of the trunk and the beast stopped suddenly.

Then it slowly turned and as it was about to disappear in the tall elephant grass again I fired at its backbone.