La Junta tribune., 1909-08-14

maximum length Of their stride being
from six and half to seven feet.
cta'king one or two particular ani.
mals from herd uhe herds In Ugan.
a. number from ten to fifty members)
- task requiring consummate hunt.
ing skiIl, The herds travel with the
females in front aud the bulls In the
rear. and herds are usually attack.
Cd from either the side or the
rear. Solitary bulls. called rogue
elephants, generally wildly vicious
even before attacked. also present in.
terestlns problems. The natives have
developed great aptitude In following
ana Interpreting the footprints (spoori
OF the quarry, whether lions ele
phants untelopcs or other game. II II
II Old the edges have crumbed and
they are filled, or partly 80. with drift
sand and bits OF leaves. Wounded ele.
phan's are also tracked by the blood
stains on the elephant grass through
which they pass. and by the height Of
the stains on the grass It can be esti.
mated how dangerous the wound is.
In On Safarr' Abel Chapman tells
Of III attack by a bull elephant that
almost cost him his life. He says:
"Arcler and l approached TO within
thirty Fards OF the animal (near the
shore Of Lake Raringo, British East
Africll and hoped to get good shot
without detection beforehand. Sudden.
ly the Wind shifted, and the elephant
caught our scent. lnstantaneously he
was al alert. Suddenly he disappeared
In tie Jungle brake. and while trying
to SPY Lin heavy crashing heard di
rcctly before us told us lie was com
Ing. Al once a big square forehead
Appeared directly above us In the tall
grass ten or twelve feet high, only n
few yards away, resembling the hoary
gray tower of some old village church,
II placed 1903 bullet in his temple
at the point described by experts. half
way between the eye and the oriiice OF
the ear though his ear was as big us
4 barn door. Archer. In front, tried
the effective forehead shot, aiming at
the base OF the trunk. The beast
sweryed from sight under these blows,
but quickly reappenred again just as
had reloaded. He crashed at us Vi
ciously from our right ana we each
put bullets into his head from the side.
his ear almost touching our rifle muz-
xles, Archer hitting him with 40
and | with two more 1903. following
with two lead slugs from n 40 black
al
shots iu vital parts had no apparent
erecL aud the beast headed into a
hcayy thorn jungle. We followed but
for miles he outsped us, and we re
luctauuy gave up the chase, maryeling
that any animal could live, much less
tra,el 50 far and SO fast with seven
ordinarily deadly bullets In his skull.
Our natives continued the pursuit
twenty miles and gave up. Later the
bcasi was found dead at u point about
forty miles distant. his great tusks,
wcighlng ninety pounds apiece. having
h-rs taken 10y native ivory trader.
This elephant was estimated to
weigh almost 1900 pounds, the great
est weight known being 1900 pounds.
and this latter animal stood practical
ly twelve feet high, the record height
for the modern pacbydcrm."
The elephant carcass Is n choice
prize for the natives. They climb
upon It's side aud cut large hole
Straight down into the Interior, just
as mining shaft II sunk. aud the ma.
lives climb down out of sight In the
"shnft' 20 hunt about for choice NOR.
scls A coating Of elephant fat and
h'nod Is popular substitute for cloth.
Ing among certain Uganda savages,
Who believe that no people should
wear clothes until after marriage.
Elephant hunters In Uganda lind ant
bills a valuable aid as observatorlcs.
These hills tower 10 considerable
Boz gbt. and many OF them can be
ea,ily climbed. Others rise sharply
Ike smokcstacks. aud. being hollow.
holes ARE frequently dug In their sides
and fires built for cooking A'pcrfect
drfi IL produced 10y the hollow In
trrior. and III" smoke is carried on nj
The top. SO numerous are these hills
fc1turc of the country Cases are
kunwn where hunters have saved their
lives from charging elephants by dodg
irs behind convenient ant hills.
The chnrgc Of an aroused elephant
lord Il. by the way. q sieht never To
b" forgotten II the object 81 II ESCAPES
With his he A writer IN the Geo,
rrlphicai MnrnzInc describes such an
ussnult by African elephants near Lake
iudolph, ns follows;
We entered patch Of dense AM.
eau Jungle Huge pricEly alocs. enor.
nous cnctusrs with long sharp points
and n tall fcnthrry plant like privei
made up n snfc asylum from ordinary
iuprtais. Very few minutes suiliccd 10
urn bunicrs Into hunted. No. /. q
cow. chnrgcd down ON rs. Jumping
side. I Killed her ns she rushed on my
sun carrier not four feet from him