Gurulam was armed only with a spear, and Van der Kemp, who was not much of a sportsman, carried a similar weapon.

The rest of the party were still out of sight in rear looking after the dead mias.
It was astonishing how little noise was made by so large an animal as it moved along.

More than once the hunters had to halt and listen intently for the rustling of the leaves before they could make sure of being on the right track.
At last they caught sight of him again on the top of a very high tree, and the professor got two more shots, but without bringing him down.
Then he was seen, quite exposed for a moment, walking in a stooping posture along the large limb of a tree, but the hunter was loading at the time and lost the chance.

Finally he got on to a tree whose top was covered with a dense mass of creepers which completely hid him from view.

Then he halted and the sound of snapping branches was heard.
"You've not much chance of him now," remarked the hermit, as they all stood in a group gazing up into the tree-top.