THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT 



entered a narrow road, and across this the Elephants 

 had placed the gate in an erect position. 



A venturesome native sallied forth one moonlight 

 night into the Addo Bush to try and shoot a buck. 

 Turning a corner of a big patch of bush he came 

 upon a small group of Elephants. Trumpeting 

 shrilly one of them charged. The native dropped 

 his gun and fled. His only chance of life w^as to 

 reach a windmill on Mr. Louis Walton's farm. 

 Reaching his goal he lost no time in climbing up. 

 The baffled Elephant raged and stamped, and im- 

 potently shook the iron standards of the windmill. 

 The native was in a rather bad way aloft. He lay 

 hanging over one of the iron cross-pieces, and in 

 dreadful fear lest the wind would rise and start the 

 wheel revolving, in which case he would have been 

 dashed to the ground. After a couple of hours' siege 

 the Elephant retreated, and the terrified man, 

 now benumbed with cold, slid to earth and made for 

 home. 



The rogue Elephant " Longtoe," already referred 

 to, was so called because one of his toes was 

 abnormally long. 



When seriously alarmed the Addo Elephants 

 instantly scatter in all directions through the bush. 

 Subsequently the herd bull trumpets loudly as a 

 signal for the scattered herd to converge to him. 

 When again united they travel several miles without 

 a halt. 



On a calm quiet night the Elephants can often 

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