ROUNDING-UP 



OUR "SAFARI" CELEBRATING TIRIE'S FIRST BUFFALO 



Elephants 



Pirie, notwithstanding his great desire to hunt ele- 

 phant, abandoned his purpose to do so on account of his 

 physical condition. 



The great question confronting me at this time was 

 elephants. Should I brave the continuous wet and cold 

 of a bamboo forest in~the wet season on the__gide_of 

 Mt. Kenia wet clothes, wet blankets for days at a time? 

 The more rain, the better for elephant-hunting. The sun 

 never penetrates a bamboo forest, and once wet through 

 it drips and drips. Should I encounter these hardships 

 and add a tusker to my string of trophies, or should 

 reason hold sway and a physique, no longer young, be 

 accorded the consideration to which it might fairly lay 

 claim. Ambition said yes, but discretion ahemmed 

 somewhat. 



At the first circus I attended I stood before the elephant 



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