IQO THE LAND OF THE LION 



theirs from time immemorial should be banned. But at 

 present they are utterly uninfluenced by the white man's 

 near approach. They live where their fathers have for 

 ages lived, and they live as their fathers have lived, defend- 

 ing their mountain homes against the raiders of various 

 tribes, hundreds of times more numerous than they. They 

 dig their pits, use very deadly poison on their arrows, and ele- 

 phant javelins, and procure what little iron and brass they 

 need, in exchanging ivory and skins with the Swahili 

 traders. 



Let us leave their forest stronghold inviolate. These 

 will shelter for many a year the breeding elephant, and 

 though the N'dorobo do take toll of the herds, they will 

 never wreak the destruction in years that an ivory poacher 

 would accomplish in one season. 



I need scarcely say that all cow elephant are sacred in 

 British territory to-day. Cow ivory is contraband, and 

 heavy fine is imposed for killing a cow. Nor can bulls 

 that carry tusks of less than sixty pounds to the pair be shot. 

 Of course, careless or inexperienced sportsmen do still 

 at times mistake a cow for a bull, but a little care, and a 

 little coolness, are all that are necessary to avoid any such 

 mistake. The cows are smaller than the bulls, and their 

 tusks seldom weigh anything like thirty pounds each. 

 The one thing above all others to remember, once ele- 

 phant are located, is to take time, and on no account rush 

 in in a hurry. Make sure of the bulls. Make sure of the 

 one you want. Estimate his tusks for yourself, and then 

 carefully keep him in sight as he saunters in and out among 

 the crowd of those you do not want. So long as the wind is 

 fair, and the herd not alarmed, there is no reason whatever 

 for hurry. If the wind is steady, keep a watchful eye out for 

 the animals at either extremity of the herd. See that they 

 not do edge in toward you. In scattered woodland, 

 stalking, of course, is easier and safer, too. Trees and 



