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THE ELEPHANT. 
hunters, and my heart was drawn towards these 
Aggajeers; we fraternized on the spot, and I looked 
forward with intense pleasure to the day when we 
might become allies in action.” 
After Sir Samuel had associated with them, and 
had been an eye-witness to their wonderful per¬ 
formances, he adds:— 
ee I have been rewarded by this alliance in being 
now able to speak of the deeds of others that far 
excel my own, and of bearing testimony to the won¬ 
derful courage and dexterity of these Nimrods, 
instead of continually relating anecdotes of dangers 
in the first person, which cannot be more disagree¬ 
able to the reader than to the narrator.’ 5 
To proceed after this long digression. Besides 
being hunted on horseback and on foot in the day¬ 
time, and shot during the hours of darkness, when 
repairing to the water to quench its thirst, the poor 
elephant is destroyed by the natives of Southern 
Africa by a variety of other means. 
Occasionally, as said, it is taken in the ce pitfall,” 
in such as are dug for the rhinoceros, the giraffe, 
or other of the larger denizens of the African wilds; 
but, with the exception of calves, this, is a some¬ 
what rare occurrence, the great sagacity of the 
animal enabling it, in most instances, to avoid 
the toils. 
Another plan is for the hunter to conceal himself 
amongst the branches of some umbrageous tree, 
under which the elephant is accustomed to take 
shelter during the noon-tide heats, and when the 
unfortunate creature makes its appearance, to let 
