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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



Height of African Elephant, foot to shoulder, 10 ft. ; F. C. Selous, 

 "A Hunter's Wanderings." 



Dimensions of Male Elephant killed on Lake Nyassa, gih September, 

 1861 (Dr. Kirk, P.Z.S. 1864, p. 655). 



ft. in. 

 10 3 



Height at withers ... 



Circumference of fore foot ... ... 5 i 



From tip of trunk to crown of head 9 o 



Crown of head to insertion of tail ... 12 o 



Length of tail ... ... ... 4 2 



ft. in. 



Horizontal diameter of ear ... 3 o 



Perpendicular do. 5 9 



Semicircumference of belly ... 9 o 



Do. of chest ... 7 10 

 Each tusk weighed about 30 Ibs. 



Dimensions of Elephant brought from South Africa by 

 H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. 



Height at withers ... 



From tip of trunk to tip of tail 



Girth 



ft. in. 

 IO O 



2 3 



1 6 



From top of head to end of trunk ... 1 1 



The weight of the entire elephant in the 

 flesh was 4 tons 8 cwt. 4 Ibs. 



Circumference of head ... ... 10 o 



From ear to ear 9 o 



Length of ear 4 6 



The skull and tusks weighed more than 

 3 cwt. ; the weight of the whole skin when 

 taken from pickle 20 cwt. 6 Ibs. 



Weight of a Baby Elephant, when born, about 213 Ibs. 

 Period of gestation, 629 days. 



