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elephant is about as much like his African brother 

 as a tomcat is like a tiger. 



Many African hunters consider elephant hunting 

 more dangerous than lion, rhino, or buffalo hunt- 

 ing, any one of which can hardly be called an indoor 

 sport. These are the four animals that are classed 

 as "royal game" in game law parlance, and each 



Being Killed by an Elephant Is a Very Mussy Death 



one w r hen aroused is sufficiently diverting to dis- 

 pel any lassitude produced by the climate. It is 

 wakeful sport hunting these four kinds of game 

 and in my experience elephant hunting is the 

 "most wakefullest" of them all. 



In my several months of African hunting I 

 had four different encounters w T ith elephants. The 

 first two were on Mount Kenia and the last two 



