AFRICA. 
pointed at the elephant he had killed, and 
afked if they could mend the fliot. 
The animaLs were both males, and nearly of 
the fame height and bulk, meafuring about ten 
feet each [ten feet eight inches Englifh], 
This is the ufual fize of elephants in Africa, 
where it is very rare to meet with any that 
reach to eleven or twelve feet. They were, 
however, not of the fame age, and confe- 
quently their tufks were very unequal ; thofe 
of one w^eighing feventy or eighty pounds, 
while thofe of the other did not exceed five- 
and-thirty or forty. 
What convinced me ftill more of the dif- 
ference of their ages was, that the heavier 
tulks were nearly folid throughout, v/hile 
the others were hollow two-thirds of their 
length : the elder, too, had his grinding teeth 
much worn, vv'hile the grinding teeth of the 
other were in good prefervation and entire. 
The ivory of old elephants, being more corn- 
pad: and heavy, is more valuable and fetches 
a higher price : from its denfity it takes alfo 
a finer poliih, appears whiter, and is iefs liable 
to grow yellow. 
The Green- River was covered with aquatic 
fowls 
