With Flashlieht and Rifle 



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Is it, then, so ciithcLilt to watch with SNiiipathctlc e\cs 

 th(' tracxccly that is to-day htMni; untoldcd ? I speak of 

 the annihilation of a powcrkil and niij^hty race that has 

 clone hurt to no man — of the African elephant, an animal 

 that, \vhene\er and wherever tam(;d, evinces tor man the 

 most li\-eh' s\mpath\\ 



ilere, as in many oth(-r realms ot" natur.il science, there 

 are tintortuncael)- great difticulties that can onh' ije over- 



come with much labour. Wdien we hecome fulU- alive 

 to th(,' importance ot the matter, it ma\ I)e too l,it<; to 

 subject man)- ot th( hi^hl\- dexdoped kinds of animals 

 to careful stud\' ; lor they ma\ ha\'e been e.\t<-rminated on 

 om- planet and struck otV the roll ot' life. I am alluding 

 now to the intmite ditti(ailt\' that every man will (-ntounter 

 when he undertakes the stud\ of foreign races and their 



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