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the general trend was straight from us to the Elephants. We first of all stalked down to a party on the left side of the valley but had to give it up owing the wind chopping about. So we transferred our attentions to some other parties across on the Right side of the valley. But even at half a mile a shift in the wind gave them a sniff of us & made them restless and Suspicious. So we marked down an old Bull with good tusks who went off by himself to s^[[insertion]]l[[/insertion]]eep under a thorn tree & waited. By degrees the suspicious parties moved off and the wind blew a little more steadily till about 5 P.m. we started to carefully stalk the old bull under his tree. The wind held right and we got within about 150 yards rather above him when all cover ceased. He was still sleeping and we walked quietly up behind him in the open without enough cover for a rabit. We got within 35 yards of him when he turned slowly round & shewed us his right side. We gave him one each into the side of the head and down he went. Presently he struggled to his knees & made an effort to rise but another broadside knocked him over again and we walked up to him & finished him altogether. The stalk lasted nearly an hour and he never moved from the spot