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hides. The same reports were heard about other parts of 

 the country at the same time. Happily these abuses have 

 in a great measure been remedied by the wise restrictions 

 instituted by the Governor, Count Gcitzcn. 



It is worthy of remark that the elephant, when at 

 large, appears scarcely ever to lie down. If there are 

 exceptions to this rule. I believe it to bi,- those cases 



WE HAD TO OVERTURN THK ELEI'HANl' IN ORDER TO KEMO\ E HIS SKIN 



where the animals have been shot and an- ill. Ele- 

 phant-hunters have a superstition that whoever meets an 

 elephant lying down will soon die. I cannot sa\ if these 

 conditions are the same in countries where the elephant 

 is not so much sought after as on the Masai plains. 



Pitfalls, formerly common in the Kilimanjaro dis- 

 trict, but not so often met with nowadays, are often 

 avoided with much skill by the elephant. Still, as they 



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