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lake at Bumi he found many fine old bull elephants. 

 Three bulls that he killed one day had tusks 113 Ibs. 

 and 111 Ibs.; 112J Ibs. and 108 Ibs.; 76J Ibs. and 

 66 Ibs. 



On New Year's Day, 1896, his servant Shebame 

 was carried off before his eyes and eaten by a large 

 crocodile. It was at Bumi that he met with a 

 serious accident. An enraged cow elephant charged 

 him, the *303 missed fire, and Neumann was so 

 closely pursued he could not dodge. The cow 

 got him down and pummelled him with her head 

 and tusk, crushing in his ribs. He was then carried 

 to camp by his natives, who tended him with 

 all the care possible. Fortunately milk was pro- 

 curable, and he lived on nothing else for weeks. 

 It was two months before he could lie in any position 

 except on his back. Three months afterwards he 

 moved south, and having reorganised his caravan, 

 then returned to Rudolph, and was hunting again 

 in April. Soon he had another great day, killing 

 three bulls with wonderful tusks. One of these 

 had tusks nine feet long, one weighing 117 J Ibs., 

 the other 109 Ibs. 



At last he left Rudolph, and reached El Bogoi on 

 June 3rd, 1896, returning to Mombasa again on 

 October 1st, 1896. Here he sold his ivory, which 

 realised a large sum of money. It was a great 

 disappointment to him to find on his arrival that 

 Count Teleki had already described the new Great 

 Lake of Rudolph, of which Neumann himself 

 thought he was the discoverer. 



In 1896 I made the acquaintance of Arthur 

 Neumann, and we soon became close friends. From 

 this date till his death he constantly stayed with 



