their village,
Stanley and I agreed to carry him with us, somewhat, I fancied, to
Chickango's astonishment. "Oh! he black fellow, he die; what use
carry?" he remarked. Of course we kept to our own opinion, hoping that
with David's skill the poor man might recover. He was unable to speak,
and was indeed apparently unconscious.

"Had my rifle been loaded with ball, I should have saved that poor
fellow the last fearful crush; and in future we must not go without one
or two of our fowling-pieces loaded with ball," observed Stanley,
ramming down a bullet into his rifle.

Chickango and I did the same. We then constructed a rough litter, on
which we placed the injured negro. We bore him along, my cousin and
Chickango carrying the head and I the feet part of the litter. We found
the weight considerable, especially over the rough ground we had to
traverse, but the life of a fellow-creature depended upon our
perseverance. Chickango carefully noted the spot where the elephant
lay, that we might return as soon as possible for some of the meat and
the tusks, which were very large. We reached the spot where our friends
were cutting out the canoe just as they were about to leave it, and we
were thankful to have their assistance in carrying the stranger. Kate
got a great fright seeing us coming, thinking that one of our party had
been killed. David instantly applied himself to examining the hurts of
the negro. He found that his left arm had been broken, and the ribs on
the same side severely crushed. "The injuries might be serious for a
European," he observed; "but the blood of an African, unheated by the
climate, escapes inflammation, and I have hopes that he may recover."
Senhor Silva had recovered his senses, though still very weak, and when
I went to see him, he expressed his gratitude for the attention with
which David and the young ladies had treated him. Chickango was very
eager to set out immediately, in order to bring in the elephant's tusks
and some meat, but Stanley considered that it was too late in the day,
and put off the expedition till the following morning.

We were somewhat later in starting than we had intended--Jack and Timbo
accompanying Stanley, Chickango, and I. We carried baskets and ropes,
to bring with us the ivory and a supply of meat. On reaching the spot,
however, where the huge monster lay, we found that others had been
before us. The tusks were gone, and a portion of the flesh.
Innumer