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ing either side the great beast, we took a drink ''across 

 the bar. " Next we measured him. He stood ten feet 

 seven inches at the shoulder (just the height of Jumbo; 

 the Indian elephant stands about eight feet) ; seventeen 

 feet six inches ''waist measure"; eighteen feet one inch 

 long counting the trunk. His forefoot was fifty-four 

 inches around; and his hind foot fifty-one inches. His 

 tusks weighed fifty-six pounds and fifty- five and three 

 fourth pounds respectively. While the men started 

 taxidermal work I made camp. It was now 4:00 p. m. 

 By pitch dark the headskin was off — no small job. We 

 cooked some rice. Some cedar wood gave us a good 

 fire. The moon filtered through the trees. The hyraxes 

 screeched; and some leopards and hyenas, attracted 

 by the smell of meat, snarled and uttered their cries. 



Thermometer, morning, 64; night, 54. 



November 8. — We sent two of the Wanderobo back 

 to camp with instructions to bring on all the men and 

 certain supplies. They returned with them by dark 

 — a tremendous round trip. All day we did taxidermy. 

 With the exception of a light shower after lunch the 

 day was fine. Here near the edge of the forest is much 

 more life than in the depths; and the singing of birds 

 was a delight. All day we kept a piece of elephant 

 trunk simmering, and at evening we had elephant 

 trunk soup with rice. It is a very strong, nutritious 

 brew with a marked flavour of its own, and I rather 

 like it. 



