ADVICE TO THE ELEPHANT-HUNTER. 
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In conclusion, I would remark that, to be a suc¬ 
cessful foot elejohant-hunter —in a decent degree at 
least—requires the following qualities in a man, viz. : 
To be able to run for many miles on a stretch, 
and that, moreover, up hill if needful, without stop¬ 
ping to take breath. 
To have sufficient self-possession to await the 
charge of an enraged elephant until he is within 
half a dozen paces of the muzzle of the hunter’s rifle. 
To stand thirst like a savage. 
The following notes in regard to elephant-hunting 
may possibly be of use to those who are fond of the 
sport; more especially to such as, from circum¬ 
stances, are compelled (as was the case with myself) 
to pursue the animal on foot:— 
If in tracking an elephant it keep straight down 
wind for any considerable distance, and you have 
reason to believe it will continue to do so, your 
wisest plan will be to desist from farther pursuit; 
otherwise, the probabilities are a hundred to one that 
it will get the wind of you before you can come up 
with it. By desisting from following the creature 
you will gain two points, viz.—you will have the 
chance of falling in with it on a future day, and you 
will, in all probability, have been saved many hours 
of fatiguing walking. 
Again : If, when you are tracking an elephant in 
a locality where those animals have been but little 
hunted, and consequently have no very great dread 
of man, the animal should happen to get the wind 
of you, and move off, don’t despair of eventually 
coming up with him. Keep ascending lofty trees, 
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