NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



be located nearly a quarter of a mile away by the 

 rumbling of the gas in their bowels. 



A well-known and highly respected farmer was 

 killed some years ago by an Addo Elephant. He 

 captured a small calf Elephant which subsequently 

 died. He was so charmed with its novel and frolic- 

 some ways that he made up his mind to get another, 

 against the advice of his friends, who gravely warned 

 him of the risk he ran. 



Encountering a cow with a small calf in the bush, 

 he shot and wounded her. She charged, caught 

 him up with her trunk, swung him in a half circle 

 through the branches and twigs, and violently cast 

 him down preparatory to stamping on him. Attrill's 

 companion, a young European named Crick, of rather 

 weak intellect and erratic habits, but nevertheless 

 a keen and experienced hunter, fired repeatedly, 

 but in the excitement of the moment failed to bring 

 the Elephant down. Anyway, before the cow could 

 stamp on Attrill's body. Crick succeeded in shooting 

 her through the brain. 



Attrill's neck was broken, and his body bruised 

 almost to pulp by the terrific friction of the branches 

 through which he had been swept by the vicious 

 swing of the elephant's trunk, and the smashing 

 force with which the Elephant hurled him to the 

 ground. 



The shock so affected Crick that he never 

 recovered. He remained gloomy and morose, and 

 a year later vanished utterly. Subsequently, a 



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