ELEPHANT SHOOTING 



big gun had, by an oversight, been left at home, 

 and that there was only the one cap on the nipple 

 of the loaded piece. He obtained some small caps, 

 however, from his friend's i2-bore cartridges, and 

 by cutting these open, he got them to fit the nipple 

 of the 6-bore. 



A great fight then ensued. W. used his own 

 weapons and also his friend's rifle, and he gave the 

 elephant, who charged twice more but not home 

 many shots, until at last a ball from the big gun, 

 the third which he had fired from it, laid the tusker 

 low. The elephant was of the largest size and 

 very old, and his tusks (the measurements of which 

 are given in the preceding chapter) weighed no less 

 than 123 Ibs. the pair. 



GRAND TROPHIES 



In July, 1886, I was in camp at Karkenkotta, 

 on the road from Mysore to the western coast, with 

 Captain (now Colonel) B. of the Gunners. B. had 

 never fired at an elephant, nor had he a weapon fit 

 for the purpose, though he had obtained permission 

 to shoot one. I had leave to shoot "rogues" only, 

 and one of these was reported as frequenting the 

 Karkenkotta forest at the time. It was therefore 

 arranged that we should go out together, and that 

 I should endeavour to bag the rogue, while B. 

 should try for any other tusker. 



On the morning of July /th I sent out men in 

 pairs in different directions to try to find the rogue, 

 and news that he had been discovered having 

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