COVERED ELEPHANT PIT 



VIEW OF AN ELEPHANT PIT COMPLETED BUT A FEW WEEKS, AND YET MORE EFFECTIVELY 

 CONCEALED BY A NEW GROWTH OF VEGETATION. THESE PITS ARE NOT ONLY A MENACE TO 

 WANDERING ELEPHANTS, BUT CONSTITUTE A VERY REAL DANGER FOR THE ELEPHANT 

 HUNTER AS WELL. COURTESY OF MR. CARL E. AKELEY. 



FROM JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, VOL. XII. 



