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CHAPTER VI. 
ELEPHANT-HUNTING- ON HORSEBACK—HARRIS’S EXPERIENCES— 
ADVENTURES OP GORDON CUMMING—DANGERS TO WHICH THE 
MOUNTED ELEPHANT-HUNTER IS EXPOSED—DOGS—HARDSHIPS 
ENDURED BY THE HUNTER ON HORSEBACK. 
H AYING in a preceding chapter described the 
manner in which the sportsman, when on 
foot, usually hunts the elephant, I will now say a 
word as to how his operations are conducted if he 
be mounted, which, as I have said, is a safer and far 
more preferable way of enjoying the chasse of that 
animal. My personal experiences on horseback are, 
however, very limited, and for the little I know, and 
am enabled to communicate to the reader, I am for 
the most part indebted to what has been told me by 
friends who have indulged largely in that amuse¬ 
ment. 
The usual plan of proceeding is, in the first 
instance, to ride alongside of the elephant, which, if 
the sportsman be well mounted, and the country 
pretty open, is commonly easily accomplished, and 
to fire behind his shoulder. Should the animal then 
charge, as he is very apt to do when wounded, the 
huntsman must get out of the way the best he can; 
