APPENDIX II 



NOTES ON ANIMALS AND WHERE TO FIND 



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Elephant'. 



Elephant carrying tusk of reasonable size can be secured 

 by the persevering hunter within the borders of the Pro- 

 tectorate. 



A trip to Uganda will, if proper arrangements have been 

 made beforehand, yield you larger tusks. But it must 

 be remembered that the climate of Uganda is not so healthy, 

 and that at present the spiritum tick adds very considerable 

 danger to the expedition. In order to reach the best ele- 

 phant countries in Uganda, Toro, or Bunyoro, a fort- 

 night's trek along roads infested with this dangerous tick 

 is necessary. One bite from an infected insect is enough 

 to bring on the fever, and tick fever means a series of three- 

 day attacks, that may completely disable the toughest 

 for months. Sometimes, as in the case of a 'missionary 

 who was down with the disease while I was there, the very 

 first fever ends fatally. 



If a special licence is procured (and influence at home 

 will secure such a licence) money may be made, over and 

 above all expenses, by shooting Congo elephants. But 

 no tyro should attempt the trip. Better be contented to 

 kill one or two fair-sized bulls within the limits of a healthier 

 and more accessible country. 



German East Africa, east of Tanganeka Lake, is a good 

 elephant country. The licence paid by sportsmen is low, 

 10, and a hunter, if he wishes to give up time to the sport, 

 can kill almost any number of elephants. There are men 



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