CHAPTEK XU. 

 <Sj%jjmrfS (continued). 



VII. 



IN Africa they hunt the elephant not for the purpose 

 of securing a powerful servant, but to procure his 

 tusks. It is, therefore, by his death that all happy 

 expeditions terminate. There are a great variety of 

 ways of ensuring this result. 



Let us pass into Nubia for awhile. 



Before ail things, it is necessary that hunters 

 should know the daily habits of that which they 

 wish to make their prey, as well as the places fre- 

 quented by it. This condition being fulfilled, they 

 establish themselves in the thick foliage of the large 

 trees which the elephants browse and being invisible, 

 they await his approach ; when the unsuspecting 

 animal, finds himself underneath them, seizing a 

 favourable instant, they plunge their lances into his 

 eyes and jaws. This proceeding might appear very 

 simple : it is very dangerous ; for if the animal is 

 only wounded, the tree must be a very strong one 



