292 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
where Gordon Cumming, Oswell, and others shot most of their elephants, 
but one solitary troop remains ! 
The largest Indian Elephant ever killed by the late Col. G. P. 
Sanderson— Vertical Height at shoulder, 9 feet 7 inches; Length from 
tip of trunk to tip of tail, 26 feet 24 inches; tusks protruding from 
gum, 2 feet 4$ inches; tusks when taken out, 5 feet; tusk circum- 
ference at gum, I foot 44 inches; tusk, weight of each, 37% lbs. 
Dimensions of Indian Elephants at Zoological Society’s Gardens 
(2zZ-S. S719 end sis oiy)- 
| Circumference of Front Feet above | 
Height at Shoulder. | the Toes. Weight. 
1879. 1881. | 1879. 1881. 1879. 1881. 
ft. sins fits, an. fit in. ft. in. tons cwt. qrs. lbs. tons cwts. qrs. lbs. 
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Suffa Culli . 610 7 6 | 3 8 3 9 2, 2) 300ra 2) Ones 
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Ceylon Elephant (£/ephas indicus). 
ft) in: ft. in. 
Height at shoulder. : ‘ . 9 4} Length of trunk : : : 5 © 
Circumference of front foot above the Ci fer neck 
ee: ney : : ans ircumference of neck —. 2 ae 
Circumference of trunk nearthemouth 4 2 Do. jaws é : eee 
No tusks. 
Shot by Count Felice Scheibler. 
Major-General Alexander A. A. Kinloch shot a fine tuskless Indian 
male which measured exactly 10 feet 1 inch at shoulder; circum- 
ference of forefoot was 60% inches. 
African Elephant (47/ephas africanus). 
ft. in. ft. ms 
Height at shoulder . : : . 8 o| Circumference of the trunk near tusks 3 0 
Circumference of the neck without < 
i Circumference of the front foot near 
the skin : 4 ; é 5 8) . 
; toes . : : : ; seg) Oe 
Circumference of the jaws without 
the skin : : : : - 9 61 Lengthofear . : ‘ :  Aon2k 
Old cow shot in Somaliland by Count Felice Scheibler. 
Height of African Elephant at shoulder, 10 feet 6 in. (F. C. Selous). 
‘5 + , ‘9 10 feet 4 in, (J. A. Jameson). 
