ver the tub of liquor, and
spilling it on the ground, much to the sorrow of the Hottentots who were
not yet insensible: "however, we will now let the cask run out, and
watch that they get no more."

As the Caffres were busy with the carcasses of the elephants, and most
of the Hottentots dead drunk, it was useless to think of proceeding
until the following day. Indeed, the oxen and horses were all scattered
in every direction by the elephants breaking into the caravan, and it
would be necessary to collect them, which would require some time. Our
travelers, therefore, gave up the idea of proceeding further that day,
and taking their guns, walked on to the forest, in the direction where
most of the elephants killed had fallen. They passed by three carcasses,
upon which the Caffres were busily employed, and then they came to a
fourth, when a sight presented itself which quite moved their sympathy.
It was the carcass of a full-grown female, and close to it was an
elephant calf, about three feet and a half high, standing by the side of
its dead mother.

The poor little animal ran round and round the body with every
demonstration of grief, piping sorrowfully, and trying in vain to raise
it up with its tiny trunk. When our travelers arrived, it ran up to
them, entwining its little proboscis round their legs, and showing its
delight at finding somebody. On the trees round the carcass were perched
a number of vultures, waiting to make a meal of the remains, as soon as
the hunters had cut it up, for their beaks could not penetrate the tough
hide. Our travelers remained there for more than an hour, watching the
motions and playing with the young elephant, which made several attempts
to induce its prostrate mother to take notice of it. Finding, however,
that all its efforts were ineffectual, when our travelers quitted the
spot to go back, it voluntarily followed them to the caravans, where it
remained, probably quite as much astonished to find all the Hottentots
lying about as insensible as its mother.

It may be as well here to observe, that the little animal did not live
beyond a very few days after, from want of its necessary food.

In the evening, Bremen and Swanevelt returned with tusks of the bull
elephant, which were very large, and the Caffre warriors also came in;
the other Caffres belonging to the country were too busy eating for the
present. The chief of the Caffre warriors brought in the tufts of the
other elephant's