VULNERABLE SPOTS IN AN ELEPHANT 39 



GENERAL MICHAEL'S. 



5. "If he be standing with 

 his head three-quarters turned 

 away from you, and if you 

 can still see one eye, shoot 

 behind the ear when he flaps 

 it forward, at the level of the 

 orifice. If his head be so 

 much turned away from you 

 that you cannot see his eye, 

 do not fire. 



6. "Get as close as you can," 

 etc. 



(In all of which I agree, but 

 have already stated them.) 



MINE. 



5. This corresponds with my 

 No. 3, which is a spot just 

 behind the ear at the junction 

 of the head ; but this is a shot 

 one seldom gets. 



6. I have mentioned two 

 other vulnerable spots a shot 

 fired from a moderate height 

 downwards in a forward direc- 

 tion, striking the back of the 

 head at the junction of the 

 spine when death will be 

 instantaneous. 



A ball placed behind the 

 shoulder at the point of the 

 elbow. I have seen this done 

 by native shikaries, success- 

 fully. 



A shot fired into an up- 

 raised foot will cripple the 

 beast and make him an easy 

 victim to succeeding shots. 



It will be seen that we differ very little, if at all ; but I 

 would advise the young sportsman to be guided by General 

 Michael in preference to myself, because he has seen so much 

 more of elephant-shooting than I have. The spots I have 

 mentioned and the angles were all successfully tried by 

 myself, but I don't pretend to pit my experience against his. 

 My colleague's remarks also deserve attention. 



Although the trumpeting of elephants at night leads one 

 to suppose that they are close at hand, yet this noise is very 

 deceptive. They wander about so silently, and, as a rule, they 



