We soon found the trail strongly marked in the dew-covered grass.

My sais then appeared with my horse.

He had seen two elephants and they had taken alarm at his scent and were rapidly fleeing.

So I galloped back to camp to tell the rest of the party and to prepare for a systematic pursuit.
After breakfast, with Akeley, Stephenson, Clark and our gunbearers, the trail was again picked up where I had left it.

It was then a little past nine and the elephants had two hours' start of us.