I administered to her a trifling dram of rum, which revived her for a moment, and then rushed down stairs, determined that if it were a piece of my own leg, she should still have something to satisfy her hunger.

Luckily I remembered that three or four elephants were still lying in the field, having been killed by us in the first action, two days before.

Necessity, thought I, has no law; my adorable girl must eat elephant, until she can get something better.
I rushed into the court where the men were, for the most part, assembled.

"Men," said I, "our larder is empty; we must fill it as we did the day before yesterday.

Who will follow Gahagan on a foraging party ?" I expected that, as on former occasions, every man would offer to accompany me.
To my astonishment, not a soul moved--a murmur arose among the troops; and at last one of the oldest and bravest came forward.
"Captain," he said, "it is of no use; we cannot feed upon elephants for ever; we have not a grain of powder left, and must give up the fort when the attack is made to-morrow.