With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



of these huge African mak: elephants, tor reasons I 

 have stated in another [)]ace. 



Tusks weighing over lOO pounds are not often met 

 with. The size of the tusks does not always depend on 

 the age and size of the elephant : it depends more 

 on the race, although even single tamilies have tusks 

 varving in size. It seems also that in South Africa the 

 tusks are not as large as in Equatorial Africa. 



So far as we know, the weight and size of the heaviest 

 and longest elephant-tusks as known, in the- whole world 

 are as follows ^ : 



Weight. 

 11). 



African Ele[)hant 



{Elcplias iifriar/ii/s) 



247 



226h 



'75 



1 109 



Indian lilepliant | 106 



[E/t'fi/nts //laxi/iiiis) I 100 



Mammoth \ 



{EU-phai pn'//i/i:;i>iius) I 



Si 



173 TI 20^ 



The so-called solitary elephants. l)ig old hulls, with 

 very large tusks, are not generally more to l)e feared 

 than ordinary ones, though on account of their sizt^ and 

 tremendous heads the\- are much more difficult to kill. 

 Among the herds tuskless cows arc- sometimes to be 

 found, l)ut not often ; tuskless hulls are still rarer. Uoth 

 are known to be very ferocious and dangerous. i^le|)hant- 

 hunters tell us that it sometimes rerjuires a tremendous 



' These figures are taken from the hook hy KowLiiiil Ward I'lilitKd 

 Records of /I'/j; iiamc. 



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