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elephant like a clap of thunder, kicked about for a 

 moment, and then sprang up again and started off, 

 only to fall a few hundred yards away, stone dead. He 

 was a much bigger animal than the first, and carried 

 immense tusks, each weighing about sixty pounds. The 

 first pair of tusks I kept as a souvenir of my first 

 elephant hunt ; they were not very large, although 

 the animal was full grown, both weighing about thirty- 

 six pounds. One of the tusks of the second I gave 

 to the Queen Mother, who owned the district in 

 which the elephants had been killed, and the other 

 I sold." 



Here is another stirring experience with elephants 

 as related by Mr. Lloyd in the same book : u Our 

 camp was a beautiful spot in the heart of the game 

 district of Bunyoro. The young chief had most lavishly 

 supplied my men with the necessary food, and, in 

 addition, had sent out a number of his young men 

 to see if there were any elephants near at hand. 

 I had finished my breakfast and was just thinking 

 of settling down to a quiet read in my cosy tent when 

 in rushed a man with the news that elephants had 

 been sighted close at hand. ' How many? ' I asked. 

 ' About twenty,' was the prompt reply. ' Any males? ' 

 * Yes, five or six.' This sounded hopeful ; so calling 

 up my gun-bearer, a Muganda Mohammedan on this 

 occasion and one of the very best of fellows, I gave 

 him my reserve gun and ammunition and set out, with 

 a native guide. 



We walked for ten minutes only through the long 

 tiger-grass when we came upon unmistakable tracks. 

 There is this about an elephant track : you cannot 

 miss it, and if a herd of any size has passed by a 



