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BIG GAMK AND BIG GAME HUNTING 
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a par with the taking of a bullock’s life for 
food. 
At the Rovuma River, in 1906, I came across 
a female elephant and her calf, both lying down, 
and I managed to approach within twenty yards of 
ELEPHANT SHOT WHILST SLEEPING. 
them before they saw me, when they simply jumped 
up and bolted. 
In October, 1907, one morning at dawn, we 
chanced upon the spoor of three male elephants, and 
at eleven o’clock came up with them at a spot where 
they had just been feeding. The largest of the trio, 
whose tusks weighed 74 and 77 lbs., respectively, 
was lying down at full length with his forelegs curled 
under him, while his companions were standing 
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