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second elephant, after the first one had been skinned, 

 the Duke, who had the necessary apparatus with him, 

 placed his personal escort, and took a photograph of 

 the group, which, it is to be regretted, was afterwards 

 found to be a failure. Ho then sat upon the elephant, 

 with Mr. G. Ecx beside him, and they had their, pho- 

 tographs taken, but that did not turn out more suc- 

 cessful. Before the elephants were skinned the Duke 

 measured them both, and they were found to be 

 just the same size interesting twins, perhaps, who 

 were wandering from forest to forest to complete 

 their education. Their measurement was ten feet in 

 height, twenty-four feet from the tip of the trunk to 

 the tip of the tail, and seventeen feet round the 

 body. Whatever one may think of the elephant 

 when ranging at large in his native wilds and he 

 is then certainly a noble-looking object there can 

 be no more ugly animal when dead ; but his flesh, 

 if he is in condition, is good eating, as I can 

 testify from experience. 



The Duke passed that night a short distance from 

 Middle Erf, where the camp had been pitched, and 

 the next morning rode into the village before noon, 

 escorted by the hunters and a number of other 

 horsemen. Shortly afterwards the waggons came in 

 with the heads and skins of the elephants, and the 

 whole place crowded round to have a sight. The 



