Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-14
EiephanG-EIun in Uganda. From lhe London Tiraee, rrAraA Cnrrrsrrr.

EiephanI-E untinz in Uganda.
 From ihc LoHdea Times Uganda CorreEgcn-
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 l have lately returned from 6 short trip into the back part of the province of ChAs- We, which was undertaken with view 10 examine that PoTii1n of the county, Gs well as to have 8 little change and expert eDca, combined with some elephAnt-sh shoot ing. Instead of proceeding to the Nile d. rect by the main road l stIuck oE in a more Rorthsrly direction. The first three marches were very trying. ss the whole country was denseiy 0yeTgrown with heavy ETsss, varied by occasional swamps and patches of forest. O. my fourih march l entered & region which bore 6 striking resemblance 10 the upper paris of hau snd kikuyu.' IL presented a chsgm- ing sppsaTance of forest and gsAss-clEd hills sloPing away to the north and termI- mating in a low-lyiDg tract of csuntry in the direction of UByoTo- The entire re- glon was very sparseiy populated, and many of the inhabitants neeraed ss though they had never Set eyes on Ea- ropesu betore. From my camp, which was pitched on the crest Of 0 hill, ob- tslned charming view of the Me anne two miles uleIAuI, N1lC1 hE lIllt nOL uDNh between high, forest clad banks.
 The elephants were sil round this place in great numbers. and were being closely hunted by the Wsganda. who had been sent out for the purpose by Lhs king and some of the other leading chiefs ThsEe men, armed for the most IsATt with loug muzzle- loading muskst, hunt together ia email parties ot from eight to ten In nun Der, their method being tO get as close to the elephant as possible and At given tig- nal to fire a vollsy into one of its legs. If the attack Ia suecessfal the leg is broken and the animal instantly disabled, when they finish 1t of as leisure. More ire quently the unfortunate beast escapes with number of terribly lscersted wounds, caused by the iron b0its of from sn inch to sn inch and hslf in lsrgih which are used by the hunters in pref ersnce to leaden bullets. h this ckse the wounded beast reiiTes 10 the densest and most impenstrable jungleF, where. if not tracked and killed, he undergoes the most pSotIactei suffsrings. IL Is one of the most cruel and barbsrous methods of huRting conceivable Those who sre not armed with guns attack the elephant with s short, heavy spear from tree oveThsug ing one of the regular elephant trackE through the forest As the unsuspsesiDg animAl pesseH beneath they dive the spear down with terrific force, aiming tt either the nspe of the neck or the spine. If the spear is well delivered the snlml drcps instantly, but should the hunter miss the vital spot. the beast rushes away with tho heavy spear In his body. Tte weighty shaft acts ss a lever upon the keen-sdged hesd, in addition to the blows which it receives from the various oo- structions through whica it forces its pas ssgs. In this way a mOst fEightfal wound is produced, whica causes the elephant 10 sink eventually from loss of blood.
 found that the hsrds, WhIoh numbered from twenty 10 one hundred snd upwards, were chi, fly cows. the balls being very few in number, and usually found roam ing about either siDgly or in txos and threes. Taking them all round I should say that the elephants exhibited 8 very poor show of ivory, and though I noticed several bngs beasts among them, there were very few which l considered as legit- innate game for the hunter. This, how ever, h not recognized ia sDy way by the Wagands, who slaughtered old snd young indisoriminRtely. Had I gone 10 work on this principle could have bsgged many more than did. As 1t was l contentsd d myself wilh nine, but bad the Estisfacticn of knowing that, with the exception oi l one, which had to shoot in self defers ?, | they were all picked animsls. The wet season, which has now set In, made it ter Tibly heavy work forcing ones way | through the heavy grass and swamp. dsy | after day, in the incsssant rain, and found that hsd experienced quite enough of 1t after five or six days. On one occa | sion l was caught in terrific hsilstoTm ! accompanied by the most appalling thun | der and lightniBg- Some of my men wers | very severely bruised by the hSiIstonss and all were nearly deal from the cold | The few people living in the vicinity oi | my camp were very civil and friendly die | posed, so that, on the whole, tine trip Wal
 in every way an enjoyable one. For tbt
 benefit of those of your readers who may | be interested In such matters, l would | mention that the Iifiea which 1 used oI this occasion were 6 double eight-bOTe, fir l ing eleven drams of powder and a hard ened spherical bullet, and 6 five hundred | degree express, and that Rll my elephants were killed by the head shot, either in the oriice of the ear or in line between tho | eye and ths ear.