The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
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toria and over the Uganda Railroad
TO Mombasa. A great deal goes to
abora in the centre of German East
Africa and thence on east to Bogo-
move on the coast opposite Zanzibar,
while other caravans bring ivory to
4 Mogroro and 1t is sent thence by rail-.
road to Oar es Salaam.
There are herds of elephants about
the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. and
the hunting goes on in the forests of
the Great Rift Valley. In British East
Africa 1t costs $3.50 for the right to
shoot elepl.a Hts. and hunter dares
not kill more than two during a sea-
son. 1t is against the law to kill the
baby elephants or cow elephants there.
and the same regulations prevail in
Uganda. In the British Sudan IL
cense is required to shoot any kind of
big game, and this is also true of Brit
ash Central Africa In German East
Africa hunters are charged a few ru-
pees for their elephant shooting IL
censes. but they must pay a royalty TO
the government on all the ivory they
get. AS 1t is there is considerable
profit In the business. and In the Ger
man colonies a fairly good hunter often
may give tusks worth a thousand dol
lars and upward. and an old bull may
produce three or four hundred pounds
of he;choicest ivory.
African Ivory the Best.
This African ivory brings the high
fest prices In the markets. 1t Is SUI
perior to any other in the size of the
tusks. | have seen some which are
nine feet long, and there are some
which weigh as much as 200 pounds
zach.
The average weight OF tusk Is
much less than this. and one of a
hundred pounds is quite valuable. In
India the average tusk does not weigh
fifty pounds. but that Of the African
elephant is much heavier. Many of
the tusks are broken when they are
drought into the market. Tho elephants
,1earlng down trees, and also for fight
ing their enemies. The average tusk is
strong and elastic; but It can be
+ broken. and the ends are sometimes
rold by weight, and the traders tell
me that in buying them OF the natives
they have to be careful to see that
pieces of iron or bits OF stone have
not been driven Into the. hollows OF
The horns to make them weigh more.
Pulling an Elephnnt1 Tooth.
Many of you have been In the hands
b of dentist and have seen how he
Utmost breaks your jaw In pulling n
nolar with long root. The tusks
difficult to get them out OF dead
4 elephant. They are fitted into a bony
4 rocket, and the roots go almost up to
Il The eyes. A tusk eight feet long may
i have two feet OF Its root imbedded In
the skull, and II 1t is taken away
81 once the head has to be chopped to
Fl pieces to get It ont.
In addition TO the tusks the elephant
s9 has six great teeth inside its mouth
b mn each side It's jaw above and below.
FRnd these are almost as firmly lm-
N hedded as the tusks themselves. The
n tHsks are hollow about half way up.
\ Ghe smallest forms a big load for a
man, while one Weighing leo pounds
Is requires four porters to carry It. Such
men are paid from to scents a day
for their labor, so that the cost OF
transportation Is not heavy.
sisas 81 is s5 dead Ivory. ~
III OH Have you se:ar heard OF dead ivory,
# There Is a vast quantity OF IT still LETT
IN Africa. and thousands OF pounds
az are shipped TO the ports every year
MN Dead ivory comes from animals which
have died NJ q natural death, or IRON
tusks which have been gathered ny
81 the chiafs OF the Villages and stored
III sway ivory s,pa Ia Always eer, an epi,
\ ~ dsnce 90 veal IN Africa, and some
ssA& tbA nAItx Atricah kings have. piled