230 After Big Game in Central Africa 



the only fish which, killed or stunned by dynamite, 

 remain at the bottom of the water ; all the others 

 rise to the surface, at least momentarily, the reason 

 why you must make haste to seize them. 



The effect of the explosion on the fish which are 

 very near to the cartridge is to pulverise the bones 

 completely, and only pieces of them can be found. 

 The damage done is in direct ratio to the distance 

 they are from the dynamite, but all, as a rule, have 

 shattered viscera, liver, heart, bladder, intestines, 

 etc. 



This method of destruction is more expeditious 

 and more advantageous than line fishing, especially 

 when you are not a fisherman and you have to feed 

 an expedition. I have thus made some really 

 miraculous draughts in the large lakes of Central 

 Africa, such as Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika. 



THE " PNEUMATIC " ELEPHANT. 



