Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03

SKIS. Waiting the Elephant Feast.
normal capacity ill., the ability to tell the Internal
stuff what he thought of it. and to tell it ALL
Stalking Three Magnificent Bulls
Just before left the burnt area, the elephant
shifted their position slightly and had my first
good view of them-three huge brown backs,
towering above his mate to magnificent height, evil
IDENTITY one of the rare prizes in these late days hard
to find east of the kongo.
The steep slope of the mountain ended in the mar
row valley of the Samb there timberless, in places
marshy and full of tall reeds and cattas elsewhere
dry save for great pools trampled all about by the
Big Ones.-pools where they love to pump up hogs
selves
Crossing the valley we climbed its steep southern
slope until, off anthl again got glimpse of
the three finding that they their first posi-
ton and that we then fairly had the wind of them
though it was dangerously light and shifty. Then
straight toward them we walked due east another
half-hour until reached the descent into ravine
on the eastern slope of which they stood perhaps
sixty yards from its bottom and one hundred and
fifty yards from From elevated position the
backs of the two larger plainly to be SEEM
with now and then glimpse of the smaller one. The
big one was indeed giant. Once his biggest mate
moved behind him and disappeared, while No. 3
easily hid behind No. 2. At intervals we had in turn
first three, then two and then only elephant be-
fore
There stood the hillside, in plain sight of
them, but beyond their short eye range for probably
fifteen minutes watching the great lazily swing
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and listened to their rolling stomach rumbles that
told of comfortable sureit advising under our breath
whether to attack wait till they made into the
shade they were sure soon to be seeking. We finally
decided to advance. 1t was chance we could afford
to take chance of losing for before three
splendid bulls, the least good enough to satisfy
most men.
After the first few steps of the descent we again
lost sight of them.
At the bottom of the ravine we passed lone tree
at least sixty feet in height and then began slow and
the most silent possible stalk up the hill straight
them. But before we had gone twenty yards we
realized that successful direct approach utterly
mpossible-get through the rightfu tangle of grass
and shrubs could not without swshng and crack
to hear before could hope to sight them and get
shot and the instant they heard there would be
rush down to investigate the intruders or away to
lose them.
A Climb for Shot
60 back down the hill we crept to the tree, and
- there stopped, puzzled what to do until twigs
and there, perched high limb forty feet from the
ground sat old Mataia gesturing violently that he
had the elephant in full view and beckoning UP.
up! Up! whispered Jordan. -" Up quick! It's
your only chance of a shot!
1t twelve feet to the lowest limb and the main
trunk was nearly three feet in diameter; but off
from the main trunk waist high above the ground
mate But what then?
Cant do it, old chap" | answered.
You can! You can! Off with your boots!' came
back at
And such is the power of suggestion that in
time | had leggings and boots off, slung my .4O5
rifle over my back and managed to swarm up to a
painful three-toe toe-hold in the close V-shaped