The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-04
GoIYG rHE WAY Of THE BDFFALO
Wgaton Slaughter of elephants 20 supply
tie Demand for Ivory,

Among the arrivals on the Gaelic
from the Orient yesterday was a quiet
b,ond man IN middle life. whose achieve
ments in barbaric lands have been talked
Of around the globe Few knew him.
vet he has peen received by kings, and
for some years his deeds have been
beralded everywhere by lightning The
DISTINGUISHED man was Lieutenant Otto
r EhlerS TIE famous German explorer,
who first climbed the lofty mountain Of
tufmanjaro. and who saved All that
part OF East Africa 20 the German en-
pire. He IS just returning after some
Years in the strange, Wild countries be-
yond the Pacific. and what he mas to
saw is Of extraordinary interest lie
went 10 India after his arrival IN Ger
many from Africa primarily 20 get
number Of tame elephants with which
to subjugate the Wild ones OF the Dark
continent. but this led him into many
other explorations
n was In 1855, It will be remembered.
int he went out 10 Africa. IL was the
time that fierce wars We're raging. lie
explored KIlimanjaro. 1850 feet high.
being the first white man 20 set loot
upOn dts crest. He also accompanied
Major Wissnlan. the German coihhls-
sloner In Africa, against the Arabs,
and was with him on several other eN-
petitions In these exploits Lieutenant
Eblers had many narrow escapes and
to-day his face Is Scared by conflicts
ON battiedeids and iu jungles.
Lieutenant Ehers spent some uine in
the Garrow hills in Assam with VI. Sayl
hunting elephants. In this h. took great
interest because & Involves a great
ivory hunting and carrying project which
he hes in view In East Africa. his OBJ
feet is to form keddahs, or great corrals
made Of trees and roots, In the German
territory In East Africa. where the diih-
entities I'm connection with transport ami
mails are very great. Mules. ponies and
camcls die of quickly In the african
iangles, but there are thousands OF Wild
elephants waiting to be caught III the
forests on the slope OF Kiiimanjaro
many herds are 10 be met with. Trained
Indian elephants. mah0uts, and a few
native Indian elephant catchers are 10
be introduced there, and large catches
Will be made every year 1t VIII cost
about 1000 rupees a head 20 transport
elephants from India 10 Zanzibar, but
the Germans can easily stand the cost
OF what is needed. In q few years, there
fore the African elephant Will become
something more than n mere iyory-bear-
ing animal, 70 DE slaughtered wholesale.
This plan. 10 is conceded, will benefit
Enelishmen and Germans alike in East
Africa.
The lieutenant said he would have
gladly seen the English and German
Governments Joining hands in such n
project. and ne dwelt upon the fact that
some $1,000 elephants are killed yearly
IN Africa for their ivory.
I'm Zanzibar alone" said he, some
10000 pounds Of ivory are brought every
season TO the market. There are tusks
among them Weighing from $50 20 lG
hounds. and even more, but, Of course,
the tusks are mostly small for 1t Is
much easier 70 trap or Kill a young eie-
phant than an old one. Let AS say that
on an average every tusk is from twenty
10 twenty-five pounds The tusks OF
1000 elephants are brought annually 10
Zanzibar
elephants in Africa are mostly killed
with poisoned arrows. Perhaps 20 per
cent break away % die I'm the jungle,
where their tusks are never found. So
perhaps. 29.od0 elephants have been sac
ridced 10 get the ivory for the Zanzibar
market alone. Besides this a lot OF IVORY
is used In the interior for all KINDS Of
domestic purposes The tusks arc USED
as grain Founders, etc. while ornaments
are cammonly fashioned OF ivory. Ih're
are even chiefs In the interior VINO nave
q fence around their houses made OF ele-
phant tusks."-San francisco thfohicie'