Their trail indicated that they were moving fast and so we prepared for a long chase.

For nearly two hours we followed, Akeley tracking with remarkable precision.
Sometimes the trail was faint and merged with older trails, but by looking carefully the fresh trail was kept.

Soon we began to see newly broken branches from the trees which indicated that the elephants were getting quieted down and were beginning to feed.

It must have been about eleven o'clock when Stephenson saw the herd far across on another slope.
There were two of the animals distinctly visible and another partly visible.

They were resting under some of the many acacia trees that dappled the slope of the hill.