CHAPTER III 



THE PACHYDERMS 

 By H. A. BRYDEN 



THE ELEPHANT 



ELEPHANTS have been pursued for their ivory with 

 such determination, ever since fire-arms were intro- 

 duced into Africa, that they have now become much 

 restricted in their habitats, and have to be sought in 

 the farthest and most remote portions of Central and 

 East and West Africa. South Africa, where fifty 

 years ago these huge mammals abounded, from middle 

 Bechuanaland northward, is now practically shot out 

 south of the Zambesi and Cunene rivers. Only a 

 few troops are to be found here and there in Rhodesia, 

 Gazaland, Zululand, and the Beira country. In Cape 



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