60 THE OUT- STATION ; OR, 



disinterestedly and charitably offer my services to the 

 whole imported fraternity from the Drury Lane 

 Jenny Lind downwards, to put them out of their 

 misery with a single shot, or to keep them in rum 

 and rice for the remainder of their natural lives. 



To make certain of accomplishing this feat only re- 

 quires a certain degree of practice and a thorough 

 knowledge of the internal formation of the animal's 

 head, which must be acquired by splitting one trans- 

 versely, and thoroughly anatomising the numerous 

 honeycombs or square receptacles of which it is com- 

 posed. 



But now Hey for the Jungle ! 



Although the information of the vicinity of a herd 

 of elephants to one's bungalow (particularly if there 

 happens to be a tusker among them, the posses- 

 sion of whose "ivories" will compensate a man for 

 his risk and trouble by furnishing him with the 

 means of procuring two excellent fowling-pieces 

 ivory fetching, I believe, five shillings a pound), in- 

 duces one to sally forth at all times to enter the lists 

 single-handed against the invaders, still to enjoy the 

 sport of elephant shooting in perfection, it is neces- 

 sary to form a party of four or five people (quite a 

 sufficient number for comfort and safety) and these 

 jungle re-unions are principally concocted at head- 

 quarters, from which place intimation is sent to the 

 out-station nearest to which the anticipated campaign 

 is to be carried on constituting no small treat to the 



