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ivory, and has less commercial value. The finest 

 pair of teeth yet exported from East Africa came 

 through Zanzibar in 1900. They measured respec- 

 tively 10 feet 2 inches and 10 feet 4 inches in length, 

 and weighed 224 Ibs. and 235 Ibs. apiece. They sold 

 for close on ^1000 the pair, and were secured for a 

 museum in the United States. These magnificent 

 teeth, which will probably now never be surpassed, 

 are stated to have been secured by an Arab hunter in 

 the neighbourhood of Mount Kenia. One of the 

 finest tusks ever seen in this country is in the 

 possession of Sir Edmund Loder, himself a great 

 sportsman and collector. It measures 9 feet 5 

 inches over the curve, and weighs 184 Ibs. Cow 

 teeth weigh very much less than those of bulls, 

 and seldom exceed, even in the most exceptional 

 instances, more than 25 Ibs. or 30 Ibs. apiece ; 

 usually they are very much less, averaging not much 

 more than 20 Ibs. to 24 Ibs. the pair. 



The African elephant, besides being a very 

 different -looking beast from the Indian species, 

 having a much more sloping forehead, much larger 

 ears, and carrying infinitely finer ivory, is, as a 

 general rule, considerably superior to his Asiatic 

 cousin in stature. There are no carefully recorded 

 measurements exceeding 1 1 feet in height, but there 

 can be little doubt that in the past elephants have 

 been shot in Africa standing close on 12 feet at 

 the shoulder. Oswell, one of the greatest and 

 most reliable of all South African hunters, gives 

 the height of the biggest ever shot by him as 12 



