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us. A hot bath and a round meal were soon pre- 

 pared and enjoyed, and feeling, temporarily at least, 

 none the worse for our experience of the previous 

 night, we returned to where our prizes lay, photo- 

 graphed them and chopped out the ivory. 



The first bull shot had magnificent tusks, project- 

 ing about six feet out of his head and weighing 

 1 02 and 107 Ibs., respectively. Those of the second 

 and third scaled 37 and 38, and 53 and 51 Ibs., 

 respectively, while the last animal's beautiful, 

 straight tusks tipped the beam at 75 and 78 Ibs. 



The severe exertion of this hunt brought on a 

 bad attack of malaria which incapacitated me for a 

 few days, but thanks to quinine, tea, and whisky, I 

 felt sufficiently well to resume hunting shortly after- 

 wards. 



