Sutherland, James, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : Macmillan · leaf 253
XXIV NERVES AT NTUNKWAE 225 the shot struck him he slewed round and charged us like lightning. Having no time to reload, I dropped my heavy rifle and, snatching my 1075 from Ntawasie, who, with Malingum, now rushed to the rear for dear life, I sent my first shot full in the elephant’s face, but the… … ELEPHANT WHICH NEARLY KILLED ME. stopping effect, and on he came, the very embodi¬ ment of malign fury ! When he was almost on me, I drove a second bullet into his skull and brought him down, only three yards from where I stood, and ere he could rise, I finished him with a third. My post-mortem on…
Elephant hunting · Hunting
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