CHAP. V 
NDOROBO ELEPHANT-HUNTING 
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fixing one with the greatest nicety into the handle, carries it in 
his right hand while the spare one he takes in his left. He 
then enters the bush perfectly naked, having divested himself 
of his skin cape, belt with hunting-knife 1 attached, and any¬ 
thing else he may have about him, which he leaves together 
with his quiver. Creeping stealthily up, through the thicket, to 
within a few paces of the nearest elephant (or the one most 
Ndorobo Hunters. 
(From a Photograph by Dr. Kolb.) 
favourably situated of those next him as he approaches up 
wind), he delivers his blow with all his strength, and instantly 
dives through the bush to avoid a possible charge. The 
elephants having stampeded, he picks up his harpoon handle, 
inserts his spare dart, and follows up. The most deadly spot 
to aim at with this weapon is the part of the stomach where 
lie the small intestines, about the flank. In the present case 
1 A kind of long, heavy, spatula-shaped dagger, called a “ sim£,” carried in a sheath. 
