His lungs were pierced through by the deer's horns in two places, and he had died of sudden suffocation by internal haemorrhage.

A large hollow tree grew close to the spot; in this I buried him.

The stag's antlers now hang in the hall, a melancholy but glorious memento of poor Killbuck.
In a few days my leg had so much improved that I could again use it without much inconvenience; I therefore determined to pay the cave a visit, as I felt convinced that elephants would be more numerous in that neighbourhood.

We started in the cool of the afternoon, as the distance was not more than eight miles from our encampment.

We had proceeded about half-way, and our horses were picking their way with difficulty over some rocky hills, when we came upon fresh tracks of a herd of elephants.