One-Tusker 



not interest me vitally, seeing that they had to be 

 handed over to the Government, as the elephant 

 was one in excess of the number allowed by my 

 licence. I knew, however, that the one I had first 

 shot, and which properly belonged to me, had much 

 heavier ivory. True enough, on examination it 

 proved to be an 8o-pounder, but, sad to relate, also 

 a one-tusker — probably the result of a domestic 

 squabble with a male rival. But such is the fortune 

 of sport. Photographs are inserted of "A good 

 tusker" and "Two fine pairs" — 450 lbs. of ivory 

 in a fortnight's shoot. 



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