CONTENTS, 
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CHAPTER IV. 
GREGARIOUS HABITS OP THE ELEPHANT—LARGE HERDS—HAUNTS 
—HABITS—IMITATIVE FACULTIES—A SQUADRON OF ELEPHANTS 
—FOOD ON WHICH THEY SUBSIST—TREES UPROOTED BY ELE¬ 
PHANTS—NOT A RUMINATING ANIMAL—QUANTITY OF WATER 
DRUNK BY THE ELEPHANT—THROWING WATER OVER THE BODY 
—PROTECTION FROM THE SUN .... 286 
CHAPTER V. 
STALKING GENERALLY DESCRIBED — THE AUTHOR’S OWN EX¬ 
PERIENCES—TRACKING THE ELEPHANT—FATIGUE OF ELEPHANT- 
SHOOTING—QUALITIES REQUISITE IN AN ELEPHANT-HUNTER— 
PARTY OF OVAMBOES—SUCCESSFUL STALKING—NOTES FOR THE 
GUIDANCE OF ELEPHANT-HUNTERS .... 301 
CHAPTER VI. 
ELEPHANT-HUNTING ON HORSEBACK -HARRIS’S EXPERIENCES— 
ADVENTURES OF GORDON CUMMING—DANGERS TO WHICH THE 
MOUNTED ELEPHANT-HUNTER IS EXPOSED—DOGS—HARDSHIPS 
ENDURED BY THE HUNTER ON HORSEBACK . . . 327 
CHAPTER VII. 
ELEPHANT SHOOTING AT NIGHT—AMBUSHING FOR GAME—THE 
AUTHOR’S EXPERIENCES AT THE “ SCREEN”—DANGERS ATTEND¬ 
ANT ON NIGHT-SHOOTING—PERSONAL ADVENTURES—A CRITICAL 
POSITION—A SUCCESSFUL NIGHT’S SHOOTING—AN EVENTFUL 
EPOCH OF MY LIFE ...... 339 
CHAPTER VIII. 
HAMSTRINGING OF ELEPHANTS BY THE CAFFRES—BRUCE’S AC¬ 
COUNT—THE PITFALL—USE OF POISONED JAVELINS—THE 
RHINOCEROS, THE ELEPHANT’S ENEMY—COMBATS BETWEEN 
MALE ELEPHANTS—STRUCK BY LIGHTNING—THE CHASSE IN 
ABYSSINIA—THE AGGAJEERS—THEIR MANNER OF KILLING THE 
ELEPHANT—FREEMASONRY AMONG HUNTERS . . 358 
