MRS. CARL E. AKELEY IN ELEPHANT COUNTRY 
Tusks 112 and 115 pounds respectively, the record tusks for the Mount Kenya region 
‘We ventured forth to lead Bibi to her prize, and a prize it proved to be, eleven feet 
and two inches high at the shoulders, tusks nineteen and a half inches in circumference, and eight 
feet ten inches long.... The record elephant for a woman and the record pair of tusks for a 
sportsman’s license in British East Africa.... Our dusky followers in a weird chant, announced 
the success of the day, telling their comrades of how Bibi had killed ‘‘tembo Kubwa.”’ There 
within the glow of the camp fire Bibi held court while with simple childlike enthusiasm, our 
little army of followers crowded around to offer their congratulations. ...’’ — p. 336. 
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