WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



up at the slightest stir of the air to smell the approach 

 of a possible enemy, and to insure the safety of the 

 herd. 



There is also no doubt in my mind that the elephants, 

 in consequence of these highly developed senses, have 

 means of communication, especially by noises imper- 

 ceptible to us. Or have they organs of sense - percep- 

 tion which we do not possess? Their sense of hearing 

 is without doubt more acute than ours, their pendulous 

 ears acting as large sound-receivers. 



At one time I found two old males herding with a 

 male giraffe. I observed the three animals together 

 for over a week. They were apparently associated for 

 their common security, the elephants combining their 

 acute sense of smell with the giraffe's keen sense of 

 sight. Elephants have been found together with 

 zebras and gazelles by A. H. Newman, the English 

 elephant hunter, but I think I can claim priority in 

 observing elephants associated with a giraft'e. 



I am of the opinion that the elephants choose moun- 

 tainous haunts with foresight. There the currents of 

 air are not apt to be steady, as in the plains, but more 

 or less fluctuating under the influence of the sun, and 

 the animals are enabled to make good use of their su- 

 perior organs of smell. 



When the elephant has reason to feel safe and secure, 

 he moves about carelessly, and utters now and then a 

 trumpet-like sound from mere joy of living. Ordinarily, 



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