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IN AFRICA 
he secured about two and one-half tons of ivory. 
This great quantity of tusks, worth nearly five dol¬ 
lars a pound, brought him over twenty thousand 
dollars, after paying ten per cent, to the Congo 
The Elephant Hunter and His Bag 
government. The Belgians place no limit upon the 
number of elephants one may shoot, just so they get 
their rake-off. In British territory, however, sports¬ 
men are limited to only two elephants a year to 
those holding licenses to shoot. Our elephant 
hunter friend was now on his way back to shoot 
some more. 
