G a gun in the fort.

NOW the reader will see what I did.
The elephants were standing, their trunks waggling to and fro gracefully before them; and I, with superhuman skill and activity, brought the gun G (a devilish long brass gun) to bear upon them.

I pointed it myself; bang! it went, and what was the consequence?
Why, this:-- X ____________________ |__G ....................

| E | | | | F F is the fort, as before.

G is the gun, as before.