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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



Height of African Elephant, foot to shoulder, lo ft. ; F. C. Selous, 

 " A Hunter's Wanderings." 



Dimensions of Male Elephant killed on Lake Nyassa, gth September, 

 1861 (Dr. Kirk, P.Z.S. 1864, p. 655). 



ft. in. 



Height at withers ... ... ... lo 3 



Circumference of fore foot ... ... 5 i 



Frooi tip of trunk to crown of head 9 o 



Crown of head to insertion of tail ... 12 o 



Length of tail ... ... ... 4 2 



ft. in. 



Horizontal diameter of ear ... 3 O 



Perpendicular do. ... 5 9 



Semicircumference of belly ... 9 o 



Do. of chest ... 7 10 



Each tusk weighed about 30 lbs. 



Dimensions of Elephant brought from South Africa by 

 H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. 



The weight of the entire elephant in the 

 flesh was 4 tons S cwt. 4 lbs. 



3 cwt. ; the weight of the whole skin when 

 taken from pickle 20 cwt. 6 lbs. 



Weight of a Baby Elephant, when born, about 213 lbs. 

 Period of gestation, 629 days. 



