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spear with both hands into the animal about two feet below the 

 junction of the tail, and with all his force he drives the weapon 

 deep into the abdomen, and withdraws it immediately. Should 

 he be successful in his stab, he remounts his horse and flies, or 

 does his best to escape on foot, should he not have time to mount, 

 as the elephant generally turns to pursue him. His comrade 

 immediately turns his horse, and dashing at the elephant, in his 

 turn dismounts, and stabs the beast with his lance. 



Generally, if the first thrust is scientifically given, the elephant 

 is at once disabled. Two good hunters will frequently kill 

 several out of one herd ; but in this dangerous hand-to-hand 

 fighting the hunter is often the victim. Hunting the elephant 

 on horseback is certainly far less dangerous than on foot, but 

 although the speed of the horse is undoubtedly superior, the 

 chase generally takes place upon ground so disadvantageous that 

 he is liable to fall, in which case there is little chance for either 

 animal or rider. 



So savage are the natural instincts of Africans that they attend 

 only to the destruction of the elephant, and never attempt its 

 domestication. 



CHAPTER X. 



THE MAKKARIKA CANNIBALS. 



AMONG the Turkish soldiery Ibrahim had left at Latooka, was 

 a black Bornu man, named Ibrahimawa, who had been captured 

 when a lad twelve years old and sold at Constantinople to Moham- 

 med Ali Pasha. This man had been to London, Paris, and all 

 over Europe, and besides being a great traveler was smart and 

 valorous. He was an object of much interest to Baker, from the 

 fact that, in addition to his travels, he had served for some years 

 with a trading party that had penetrated through the Makkarika 



