HUNTING THE ELEPHANT 



stirrounflcd by their trophies, among them young ele- 

 phants and females. 



The professional black hunters are very superstitious. 

 They believe that they will, sooner or later, meet an 

 untimely end if they continue hunting after they have 

 killed fifteen elephants. Many of them, therefore, pre- 

 fer concocting "elephant-dana," a medicine that acts 

 like a chann, and having others risk their lives in their 

 service. No doubt they act very wisely. 



