it in the bush and
again followed the remainder of the herd.

When elephants have been alarmed they rush away through the bush for
about a mile, then stop and become very cautious; to approach them
requires the greatest care, as they are then on the watch, and, their
scent and hearing being both very acute, the approach of a man is soon
discovered.

The traces of the elephants were easily followed, and we knew when we
were close to them by the rumbling noise we heard. A large elephant was
soon seen, standing flapping his large ears, and with his trunk raised
so as to scent the air; but our approach had been so cautious that the
animal had not discovered us, and he received eight bullets behind the
shoulder before he had time to move. He did not charge as we expected,
but ran only a few yards and then dropped. Two large-tusked elephants
were thus killed, but we wanted two more; for we had seen by the
footprints that there were two other large bulls in this herd.

During the whole of this and the following day we followed the herd, and
killed five large elephants, all with magnificent tusks. Such sport I
was aware I should never again enjoy, and so I made the most of it.

After four days the whole of this ivory was conveyed to Natal Bay, and I
had bid my old friends good-bye. I hardly liked parting with them, and
held out hopes that I would again return to their country; I feared,
however, that I should not be able to do so, for when once settled in
England it would be difficult for me to leave.

On my return to Natal, I found the Dutchman who was there had collected
several large tusks, and also many hundred ostrich-feathers, so that I
had a large stock to carry back to Cape Town. My voyage to Cape Town
was rapid, a fair wind all the way; and in seven days after leaving
Natal, I was once more at Wynberg, and at the house of my friends. I
found letters there both from my father and uncle, in both of which
consent was given to my marriage with Miss Rossmar.

After a month's residence at Cape Town we were married, and started for
England. Fair winds and fine weather favoured us, and in sixty days
after leaving Cape Town we reached England.

My life now became one of comparative monotony. I worked with my uncle,
and after a time succeeded him in his business. Money was plentiful: my
wife possessed a good fortune, and my uncle at his death left me all his
property, which was considerable.

I owned a house i