Elephant 



This is, par excellence, the animal which it is 

 impossible to advise any man about with regard 

 to a rifle. Some sportsmen use a '600 cordite, 

 whilst a friend has recently killed two with one 

 shot apiece with a "256 Mannlicher ; but the 

 majority use anything between a "400 and a '500 

 cordite, which, with a solid bullet, will be found 

 heavy enough. 



The head shots No. i half-way between the 

 eye and the ear-hole, sideways on, and No. 2 at 

 the base of the trunk, end on, lower than a line 

 between the eyes will floor him. The heart 

 shot, although virtually killing him, still may give 

 him time to do no end of mischief. 



If one kills a cow, one is heavily fined, besides 

 having the tusks confiscated ; but one is some- 

 times allowed to buy them back at a certain value 

 per pound weight. 



A rough estimate of the length of an elephant's 

 tusk is that two-thirds of the total length is 

 visible ; therefore 3 ft. 6 ins. outside is a good 

 big one. 



Their feet are covered with large warts on the 

 soles ; the more and bigger they are, the older 

 the animal is ; so that on dry dusty ground one 

 can see for oneself that one is pursuing a fine 

 beast or the reverse. On other ground we must 

 depend on the native trackers. 



There are no tame elephants in Africa to the 

 best of my belief. The reason why they have never 



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