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the other end is beaten out into a diamond- 

 shaped point without barbs. This, we were told, 

 was one of these very weapons ; and certainly 

 it seems to have been exactly adapted for such 

 a purpose. Beside it lay an ancient leaf-shaped 

 spear-blade ten inches in length and three inches 

 in width. The tang was broken off, and the 

 ferrule that had once encircled the shaft was 

 lying beside it. The shaft itself had doubtless 

 long since decayed. 



Although so clumsy in appearance the elephant 

 is surprisingly swift and active. Even on level 

 and open ground an enraged elephant will soon 

 overhaul the quickest runner in a straight-run 

 course ; in jungle, or the giant grass that clothes 

 much of the open country, a man has no chance, 

 unless he can evade his pursuer by quick 

 dodging round tree or rock or some such cover. 

 Even in densest jungle the noiselessness is 

 extraordinary with which at times they will 

 disappear from sight and hearing. When, on 

 the other hand, a herd is suddenly alarmed and 

 dashes off in panic, the crash of smashing trees 

 and branches together with their loud rever- 

 berating roaring is awe-inspiring. 



The eyesight of the elephant is rather 

 defective, as might be surmised from the small 

 and sunken eye; but the senses both of hearing 



