With Flashlight and Rifle 



Is it, then, so difficult to watch with sympathetic eyes 

 the tragedy that is to-day being unfolded ? I speak of 

 the annihilation of a powerful and mighty race that has 

 done hurt to no man of the African elephant, an animal 

 that, whenever and wherever tamed, evinces for man the 

 most lively sympathy. 



Here, as in many other realms of natural science, there 

 are unfortunately great difficulties that can only be over- 



THE MARABOUS AND 'I HE VULTURES GOT O\ TOGETHER VERY \\ELI. 



come with much labour. When we become fully alive 

 to the importance of the matter, it may be too late to 

 subject many of the highly developed kinds of animals 

 to careful study ; for they may have been exterminated on 

 our planet and struck off the roll of life. I am alluding 

 now to the infinite difficulty that every man will encounter 

 when he undertakes the study of foreign races and their 



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