50 BIG-GAME SHOOTING IN UPPER BURMA 



elephants are caused by the sportsman foolishly 

 following a herd or a wounded elephant into 

 cover so thick that he can move neither to right 

 nor left in the event of a charge, and cannot see 

 more than a yard or two in front of him. It 

 will be found that in hunting elephants quite 

 sufficient risks are run in the ordinary course 

 of the business, without going out of the way 

 to look for trouble. 



The lower tusk and the one on the left in 

 the frontispiece are a pair. The measurements 

 are as follows : 



Lower Tusk. — Length, 6 ft. 4£ in. ; girth, 

 16J in. ; weight, 57| lbs. 



Left Tusk. — Length, 4 ft. 6J in. ; girth, 

 16J in. ; weight, 42 lbs. 



Total weight of pair, 99J lbs. 



The Right Tusk is that of a rogue — a single 

 tusker. 



Measurements. — Length, 4 ft. 8£ in. ; girth, 

 16J in. ; weight, 38| lbs. 



