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fully executed small ivories by Okawa and other Japanese 

 carvers, mounted on specially designed ivory bases. Mal- 

 colm MacMartin's collection offers 100 examples, each a 

 gem in itself. Kenyon B. Painter, of Cleveland, in his 

 Trophy Hall has many choice ivories from Zanzibar, British 

 East Africa, southern China, and Hong Kong. Perhaps the 

 largest collection of ivories in the United States is owned 

 by H. J. Heinz, of Pittsburgh, Pa. ; many of these are exhib- 

 ited in the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. 



The very extensive collection of the late George A. Hearn, 

 which was shown in 1911 at the Lotos Club in New York City, 

 comprises nearly 700 pieces, all being examples of European 

 ivory carving. The Alfred Duane Pell Collection contains 

 some of the most delicately carved fans of the eighteenth 

 century, with the monogram in the centre and the ivory 

 cut as thin as the finest lace. Among other things is one 

 of the most remarkable sets of chessmen on this continent. 



THE ANNUAL ELEPHANT HUNT IN SIAM 



The annual elephant hunt at Ayuthia, Siam, is made an 

 official event of considerable importance, for the King is 

 usually present, and if not, a royal representative is there, 

 and the presence of the fashionable world of the capital, 

 Bangkok, makes the occasion a great social function. The 

 wild elephants are driven, by a cordon of tamed ones, from 

 the lower slopes of the Korat and the meadowland around 

 Nakawn Nayok, into a corral especially built outside the 

 city. As a rule the poor beasts have been so harried in the 

 long drive that they are only anxious to have rest and peace. 

 A little trouble is experienced in getting the first elephant 

 into the enclosure, but when this has been accomplished, 

 the others are ready enough to follow, although the huge 

 animals crowd and push against each other in the confusion. 

 It is noteworthy, however, that the young are not trampled 



