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Updated: May 22, 2025
I was helped to a stream of cold water which flowed down from the mountain, and in this my thigh was bathed till the pain was somewhat assuaged. A litter was then formed of bamboos and creepers, on which the natives bore me back towards the spot where we had left the horses, while Dango led away the poor little poonchy.
I hurried up and assisted in dragging the poor little poonchy up to a tree, to which Dango, with some of the flexible creepers which grew about, very quickly made it fast, at the same time hobbling its feet so, that had it broken loose it could not run away.
The havoc committed by a large herd of elephants can well be imagined. In this instance there were only three elephants a large bull, with a mother and her young one, or what we call a 'poonchy. On entering the korrakan field we distinctly heard them breaking the boughs at no great distance.
We therefore retired to a little distance behind some rocks to wait for her; but we were not wholly concealed, and although little poonchy kept roaring on, she still kept carefully within the cover.
"The cook!" shrieked No. 4, convulsed with laughter; and the whole party clapped their hands and roared applause. "The cook, ma'am, actually the cook!" pursued No. 5, "one of the fattest, most POONCHY little women you ever saw. And what do you think was the history of it? I kept my up-stairs Pickwick in the corner of that bottom drawer.
These obstacles overcome, we again pushed on at a rapid pace, occasionally listening for a sound of the retreating game. We now observed that the herd had separated; the bull had gone off in one direction, and the female with her half-grown poonchy in another. Following the latter, we again pushed on at a quick run, as the elephants had evidently gone off at a great pace and were far in advance.
The poonchy and the bull elephant, having both separated from the female, escaped. One great cause of danger in shooting in thick jungles is the obscurity occasioned by the smoke of the first barrel; this cannot escape from the surrounding bushes for some time, and effectually prevents a certain aim with the remaining barrel. In wet weather this is much increased.
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