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Mr. J. N. Clough, in The Asian of 9th May 1896, gives the following 
measurements of a Burmese tusker shot by him in the Kyaito district.—Height, 
10 ft. 4 ins.; right tusk 7 ft. 9i ins., left tusk 8 ft. 6 ins.; girth of right tusk, 
1 ft. ins.; ditto left tusk, 1 ft. 5 ins. ; circumference of fore foot, 58 ins.; weight 
of right tusk, 72 lbs; ditto left tusk, 74 lbs. 
Mr. E. Pinches, of Jaipur, Assam, shot a gunda 10 ft. 1 in. at Serai 
Pong, on 27th January 1907 with a foot circumference of 60J ins. with him 
were Messrs. Tweedie and Beveridge. 
Elephants of 9 ft. 7 ins. (Sanderson), 9 ft. 4 ins. (Count Scheibler) have been 
recorded. Mr. J. E. Jenkins, Burma, sends me the following details of a 
tusker shot by him.—Height, 8 ft. 10 ins.; tusks 4 ft. 7 ins. each ; weight 
52£ lbs. each. 
The longest pair of tusks on record is thus described in the Journal of 
the Bombay Natural History Society. —Length, 9 ft. 10§- ins. and 9 ft. 6 ins.; 
girth lof ins* and 15| ins. ; a very long and slender pair. In the same publica¬ 
tion Captain S. S. Flower reports two other pairs.—( 1) Length, 8 ft. 3 ins. 
and 8 ft. 4 ins. ; girth, 14J- ins. each. ( 2) Length, 7 ft. 8J- ins. and 7 ft. 8 ins. ; 
girth 1.6f ins. and 16§ ins. 
Mr. C. S. Rogers, Burma field service, writing from Mogok in 1897, gives 
the length of a pair found in the Ruby Mines district (together with the remain? 
