Elephant 



him right through, and the angle upwards, if one 

 is close enough and end on, is likely to get the 

 backbone and paralyse him. 



Recently a friend knocked a great big bull 

 down twice with two successive shots in the head, 

 too far forward, and saw him being helped off by 

 two cows in the manner aforesaid ; he put in 

 another shot from behind, and even then had the 

 mortification of losing him. The elephant got 

 away over the border, and the natives of that 

 part being, as usual, noted ivory thieves, could 

 not be persuaded to give up his tusks. 



On another occasion a friend, following up a 

 bull he had wounded, was charged by him ; and 

 although hit twice in the head — too high though 

 — the elephant got in, stuck my friend in the 

 thigh with a tusk, and then seized him round the 

 waist with his trunk and proceeded to use him 

 like a pendulum, swinging him from side to side, 

 bashing down the grass with his unconscious 

 body. He is alive to tell the tale, however, how 

 he was saved by a savage who dived in and 

 rootled a spear in the animal's "little Mary." 

 That must have been a top-hole savage ! The 

 elephant is a nasty customer, and one hears of 

 stories galore about him, which are mostly true ; 

 at any rate, they have more truth in them than 

 many a "fish story ! " 



In Uganda the Semliki elephants at the south 

 end of Lake Albert carry long thin tusks, quite 



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