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CHAPTER VI. 



ELEPHANT-HUNTING ON HORSEBACK HARRIS'S EXPERIENCES 

 ADVENTURES OF GORDON GUMMING DANGERS TO WHICH THE 

 MOUNTED ELEPHANT-HUNTER IS EXPOSED DOGS HARDSHIPS 

 ENDURED BY THE HUNTER ON HORSEBACK. 



HAVING in a preceding chapter described the 

 manner in which the sportsman, when on 

 foot, usually hunts the elephant, I will now say a 

 word as to how his operations are conducted if he 

 be mounted, which, as I have said, is a safer and far 

 more preferable way of enjoying the chasse of that 

 animal. ]\Iy personal experiences on horseback are, 

 however, very limited, and for the little I know, and 

 am enabled to communicate to the reader, I am for 

 the most part indebted to what has been told me bv 



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friends who have indulged largely in that amuse- 



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ment. 



The usual plan of proceeding is, in the first 

 instance, to ride alongside of the elephant, which, if 

 the sportsman be well mounted, and the country 

 pretty open, is commonly easily accomplished, and 

 to fire behind his shoulder. Should the animal then 

 charge, as he is very apt to do when wounded, the 

 huntsman must get out of the way the beot he can ; 



