It is no more criticism than is the trumpeting of a wounded elephant zoölogy.

I had rather face a wounded elephant with a shot-gun.

Did you ever hear the trumpeting of a wounded elephant?

A strong gun can conquer a strong elephant, but a wounded elephant can easily conquer a broken gun.

Almost as he spoke, the rush, which had been stopped momentarily, when Tom dropped the wounded elephant, began again.

So, accompanied by Hassan and Sulimani, my two gunbearers, I started after the wounded elephant and the two younger ones.

On the 27th, as day dawned, I left my shooting-hole, and proceeded to inspect the spoor of my wounded elephant.

Even if the big Gaul had beaten off the wounded elephant, there was nothing to say that he hadn't been killed immediately afterwards.

Returning to the charge, I was soon once more alongside and, firing from the saddle, I sent another brace of bullets into the wounded elephant.

I had no sooner approached within sixty paces of them, than the wounded elephant gave a trumpet, and again rushed forward out of the herd.