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usually stop an animal even if the bullet does not 

 kill it. The bullets of a smaller rifle may kill the 

 animal, but not stop it at once. An elephant or 

 lion, with a small bullet in its heart, may still charge 

 for fifty or one hundred yards before it falls. 



Advice from a Cheerful Stranger 



Hence the necessity for a rifle that will shock as 

 well as penetrate. 



Several experienced African lion hunters 

 strongly advise taking a "paradox," which in their 

 parlance is affectionately called a "cripple-stopper." 

 It looks like what one would suppose an elephant 

 gun to look like. Its weight is staggering, and it 

 shoots a solid ball, backed up by a fearful charge of 



