AFRICAN ELEPHANT.—Lorodonta Africdna. 
which the Elephant feels at the attacks of so small an animal as a dog is quite 
extraordinary. He does not seem to know what he is doing, and at one time will try to 
kneel on his irritating foes, or will even push down a tree in hopes of crushing them 
under its branches. This species is not so readily killed by a single ball as is its “Asiatic 
relative, but instances are not wanting where an African Elephant has been slain by a 
single ball, which entered by the nostrils, and penetrated to the brain. In chasing this 
animal, the white hunter always prefers a gun with a very wide bore, as the execution 
which is done depends more upon the weight of the missile than on the accuracy with 
which it is sent. One great value of the heavy ball, of two or even three ounces in 
weight, is, that it will break the leg of the animal, and so render him at once helpless. 
The bone does not always give way at once when struck by so heavy a ball, but is sure to 
snap after the animal has made a few paces. 
The most deadly gun for Elephant shooting seems to be a breech-loader, either double 
or single, and carrying a ball weighing not less than two ounces. All the apparatus of 
ramrod and powder- flask is thus rendered needless, and each charge being separately made 
