-> Elephant-Hunting 



can use them, and with the black powder which is used 

 they make tremendous clouds of smoke. The elephant 

 often takes these clouds of smoke for the enemy, but 

 this may be a source of safety to the sportsman, for he 

 can slip away to one side, leaving the infuriated animal 

 to make for the smoke. 



In hunting African elephants there are in practice 



AFTER MUCH SCRAPING AWAY IN THE BED OF A DRIED-UP STREAM, 

 WE CAME UPON SOME WATER 



only two correct shots. First, the shot from the side 

 between ear and eye, so as to get into the brain ; secondly, 

 the shot lodged in the shoulder, also from the side. From 

 in front you can get at the brain only by a shot high up 

 on the trunk. I would hold out a warning, however, 

 against shots which go too high up on the great long 

 protuberances of the elephant's head, as these are likely to 

 prove very dangerous to the sportsman. 



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