THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT 



save this wonderful descendant of the extinct 

 Mastodon and Mammoth, the few survivors that 

 remained were taken under Government protection. 

 At the present day about 150 Elephants exist in 

 the Addo Bush and a few in the Knysna forest in the 

 eastern part of the Cape Province, in the districts 

 of Knysna, Uitenhage and Alexandria. 



A few still linger in the dense bush on the border 

 of Swaziland and the Transvaal, and in Portuguese 

 East Africa from the Maputa to the Limpopo 

 River. 



In Southern Rhodesia, and in Portuguese terri- 

 tory, between Beira and the Zambesi, a goodly 

 number are to be found. 



North of the Zambesi Elephants still live in large 

 herds, especially so in the Congo regions. 



In January 191 8 Zululand's last Elephant was 

 found dead on Mr. Manie van Rooyen's farm on the 

 north bank of the Umfolozi River. The animal 

 was one of a large herd that used to inhabit the 

 banks of the Umfolozi and the Dug-ugugu forest, 

 during the early part of Cetewayo's reign. Cetewayo 

 organised a big hunt to get certain portions of their 

 bodies for medicine. When on one occasion two 

 were killed (a large bull and a cow) and several 

 wounded, one of the latter managed to kill one of 

 the chief's best hunters, who got too daring while 

 creeping through the reeds after a wounded animal, 

 and found himself almost under it. An eye-witness 

 who tells the story, says the man's rifle was thrown 



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