APPENDIX II 
NOTES ON ANIMALS AND WHERE TO FIND 
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Elephant: 
Elephant carrying tusk of reasonable size can be secured 
by the persevering hunter within the borders of the Pro- 
tectorate. 
A trip to Uganda will, if proper arrangements have been 
made beforehand, yield you larger tusks. But it must 
be remembered that the climate of Uganda is not so healthy, 
and that at present the spiritum tick adds very considerable 
danger to the expedition. In order to reach the best ele- 
phant countries in Uganda, Toro, or Bunyoro, a fort- 
night’s trek along roads infested with this dangerous tick 
is necessary. One bite from an infected insect is enough 
to bring on the fever, and tick fever means a series of three- 
day attacks, that may completely disable the toughest 
for months. Sometimes, as in the case of a missionary 
who was down with the disease while I was there, the very 
first fever ends fatally. 
If a special licence is procured (and influence at home 
will secure such a licence) money may be made, over and 
above all expenses, by shooting Congo elephants. But 
no tyro should attempt the trip. Better be contented to 
kill one or two fair-sized bulls within the limits of a healthier 
and more accessible country. 
German East Africa, east of Tanganeka Lake, is a good 
elephant country. The licence paid by sportsmen is low, 
410, and a hunter, if he wishes to give up time to the sport, 
can kill almost any number of elephants. There are men 
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