THE LADO ENCLAVE 



aim. While on the topic of " Arms and the Man," it 

 is an excellent plan to get used to putting the gun or 

 rifle to either shoulder, as a slight accident may at any 

 time place the hunter hors dc combat, unless he has trained 

 himself to shoot as easily from left as from right. It is 

 also a good plan to get accustomed to shooting in various 

 positions and in different shades of light. In your spare 

 time in camp aim around at anything you can see — 

 except your boys — it will save many a long, weary tramp 

 after some wounded animal or other. It is remarkable 

 that an elephant in spite of its enormous bulk is one of 

 the hardest animals to kill, for, as he is of the same colour 

 as the forest, he is very difficult to see ; and secondly, only 

 a square foot and a half of him is vulnerable to a bullet. 



Elephants feed at night and in the early morning, 

 drinking at midday and again at night. They sleep 

 standing, and sometimes sleep until late in the afternoon. 

 When being pursued elephants do not rest, and will keep 

 moving on steadily for many days and nights, eating as 

 they travel. They have a keen sense of smell, but their 

 hearing is not acute. They cannot distinguish a human 

 being from a tree stump in full view at fifty yards, so 

 long as he remains motionless. Any movement, however, 

 is at once noticed, and should they charge, they invariably 

 do so with tail and ears erect, looking from side to side 

 for the enemy, and trying with raised trunk to get his 

 scent. When he is sighted they utter a short, sharp 

 scream of rage, and then they settle down to a headlong 

 charge with trunk extended straight in front. 



When trying to locate elephants the hunter should 

 listen for the sound of blowing through the trunk, and 

 peculiar intestinal rumblings, accompanied by sudden 

 squeals of calves. 



Chewed bark, branches, and leaves, roots, etc., are 

 often to be seen along the game trails and native paths. 

 I have several times found these still wet with saliva, as 



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