With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



are cunnini^-ly covered and well placed, they often fulfil 

 their aim. These traps do more than anything else to 

 drive away all manner of game, especially elephants. 



The Wandorobo, especial))' the Wakamba, shoot the 

 elephants with poisoned arrows. The wounded beasts 

 have often to be followed for days. The animals are 

 verv seldom lost, as the natives are very clever at fmding 

 the dead bodies, guided by the vultures and marabous. 

 Some Wandorobo races are wont to use poisoned spears, 

 though onl\' j:)oisoned arrows are used in the neighbour- 

 hood of the Kilimanjaro. Twice whilst tollowing herds 

 ■which had just been chased by tht! Wakamba 1 have 

 found broken arrow-shafts. 



There can be no doubt that the African elephant can 

 be tamed in the same way as his Indian cousin. Still, 

 I agree with English authorities, that in Equatorial 

 Africa such tamed elephants would be useless, as in the 

 dry season there are no visible means of sustenance on 

 the plains. In any case, the conditions are so totally 

 different in the two countries that it is impossible to th'aw 

 any conclusion irom what is done in India as to the em- 

 ployment of the elephant in West Africa. The taming, 

 in the hands ot t;xpcTt natives from India, ought to 

 present no insuperal)le difficulties, althougli our keepers 

 have ol^served that the Indian elephant is easier to handle 

 than the African. I^xperimcnts of this kinck howexer, 

 would need a great deal ol capital, and would ha\e to be 

 undertaken speedily, in view of the rapid disappearance 

 of the elephant. 



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