-^ The African Elephant 



the Zanzibar market. Unfortunately I was unable to 

 procure them tor a museum at home, although I had 

 been commissioned to offer a large sum for them. They 

 were sent to America, and niy repeated efforts to obtain 

 them only resulted in a wire demandino- 21,000 marks. 

 Later one of these tusks found its way to the British 

 Museum in London. I think I may safely say that these 



A WONDERFUL ELEPHANT-TUSK. ON K OF A I'AIK WEIGHING TOGETHER 

 MORE THAN 45O POUNDS. THE ELEPHANT, A VERY OLD ONE, WAS. 

 KILLED NEAR KILIMANJARO IN 1899 



were the largest tusks seen anywhere in Africa for 

 some time. They made a great sensation among the 

 commercial world of the East African coast. No such 

 tusks had eyer been seen there. The accompanying illus- 

 tration shows the size of one of the pair. 



This reminds me that unfortunately up to the present: 

 time not a single museum in the world has secured one 



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