With Flashlight, and Rifle -* 



of these huge African male elephants, for reasons I 

 have stated in another place. 



Tusks weighing over 100 pounds are not often met 

 with. The size of the tusks does not always depend on 

 the age and size of the elephant ; it depends more 

 on the race, although even single families have tusks 

 varying in size. It seems also that in South Africa the 

 tusks are not as large as in Equatorial Africa. 



So far as we know, the weight and size of the heaviest 

 and longest elephant-tusks as known in the whole world 

 are as follows l : 



African Elephant 



(Elephas africanus) 



Indian Elephant 



(Elephas maximus) 



Mammoth ^ - 



, (Elephas primigenius] \ 



The so-called solitary elephants, big old bulls, with 

 very large tusks, are not generally more to be feared 

 than ordinary ones, though on account of their size and 

 tremendous heads they are much more difficult to kill. 

 Among the herds tuskless cows are sometimes to be 

 found, but not often ; tuskless bulls are still rarer. Both 

 are known to be very ferocious and dangerous. Elephant- 

 hunters tell us that it sometimes requires a tremendous 



1 These figures are taken from the book by Rowland Ward entitled 

 Records of Big Game, 



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