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CHAPTER XV. 



ELEPHANT -SHOOTING. 



GOVERNMENT PROHIBITION REGARDING ELEPHANT-SHOOTING — THE TRUE KING OF BEASTS 

 — PECULIAR EXCITEMENT OF ELEPHANT-SHOOTING — DANGER OF THE SPORT — THE 

 WILD elephant's MODE OP ATTACK — STRUCTURE OF THE ELEPHANT'S HEAD — THE 

 BRAIN — THE BEST SHOTS — GUNS FOR ELEPHANT -SHOOTING — SIR SAMUEL BAKER's 

 OPINION — SHOOTING ELEPHANTS BEHIND THE SHOULDER — THE FORMER METHOD OF 

 SHOOTING WITH "jINJALLS" — THE ELEPHANT's CHARACTER AS AN ANIMAL OP SPORT 

 — CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THEY USUALLY ATTACK MAN — HOW TO FIND THE 

 TUSKERS IN A HERD — THE ALARM - SIGNAL — ELEPHANTS* RUSHES — DANGER OF 

 SHOUTING AT ELEPHANTS — A COURAGEOUS FEMALE IN THE CHITTAGONG HILLS — 

 KILLS A MAN — CHARGES MY RIDING-ELEPHANT — FLOOR HER — ANOTHER CHARGING 

 FEMALE IN KAKENKOTi — SINGLE ELEPHANTS — THEIR HABITS — ELEPHANTS LYING 

 DOWN — THEIR SKILL IN RETREATING — HOW TO FOLLOW WOUNDED ELEPHANTS — 

 DANGER OF SHOOTING ROGUE ELEPHANTS NOT GREATER THAN ATTACKING HERDS — 

 TAKING OUT TUSKS — DEAD ELEPHANTS — NATIVE IDEAS ABOUT THEIR FLESH IN 

 MYSORE — IN CHITTAGONG — PREPARING FEET FOR FOOTSTOOLS. 



AS of late years the shooting of elephants, except dangerous ones, has 

 been prohibited throughout India and Ceylon, I have felt doubtful 

 about writing on the subject. But it is certain that in a few years the 

 interdiction will have to be relaxed, as elephants are being preserved 

 without corresponding measures being taken for their reduction by capture. 

 Information on the subject may then be of some interest, so I propose to 

 add my quota to what has already been written regarding this grandest of 

 all field-sports. 



Who that has seen the wild elephant roaming his native jungles can 

 deny that he is the King of Beasts ? Sir Samuel Baker says, " The king of 

 beasts is generally acknowledged to be the lion ; but no one who has seen 

 a wild elephant can doubt for a moment that the title belongs to him in his 

 own right. Lord of all created animals in might and sagacity, the elephant 



