Evening star., 1923-10-07

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Around him were ten or twelve, other
elephants trying desperately with
their trunks and tusks to get him on
his feet again. They were doing their
best to rescue their wounded com.
rade. They moved his great bulk
fifteen or twenty feet In their efforts.
but were unable to. set him up. /
don't know OF any other big animals
that will do this. had heard stories
that elephants had the chivairy TO
stick by their wounded and help them.
but was never sure myself until !
had actually seen this instancs.
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COME time later Mai. Harrison. .
y very experiencsd elephant hunter
and a keen observer, told me OF an
even more remarkable instance that
he had seen. He was shooting In the
Kongo and came upon four big bulls
One he killed and another he woond-
ed. The wounded one went down, but
the two survivors helped him regain
his feet, and with ons on each sioe
helping him the three moved OF.
did not see the end OF their efforts
TO raise the bull I had shot. for those
that were not helping him began 70
circle about with their ears out 70
hear anything OF their enemy. ana
with their trunks up feeling tor my
wind, They were moving In ever-tn-
creasinr circles which threatened TO
envelope my ant.hiil. and ! beat .
hasty retreat. Not long after. they
evidently were convinced that the
bull was dead and all together they
moved away.
then went to the body. He was
dead, but a. we approached there was
q reflex action which twitchsd MS
trunk from time to time. This frtght-
ened the gun boys 90 that ! went up
and slapped the elephants eye. the
customary test, and as there was no
reaction the boys were convincsd.
When I loked the carcass over ] was
disappointed to find that only one OF
his tusks was big and we'll developed.
Consequently ! decided not to take
him for the museum group.
He was. however. . good deal OF
temptation. for he was one OF the
largest elephants had ever sesn'
measuring eleven feet four inches to
the top Of his shoulders. and the cir.
conference OF his front foot was
sixty-seven and . half inches TO the
best OF my knowledge this 10 . record
Size by about four inches.
I had gone into the forest again.
and had come upon another bunch In
very thick country. could get only
little giimpses OF q patch OF hide or
ivory once in a while. After working
along with them for . while In the
hopes of getting into more open
ground I tried the experiment OF
beating on the tree trunks with sticks
This was new to the az it was to me.
i felt sure II would make them run.
butI wasn't sure whether they would
go toward It or away from II.
Happily they boited from the forest
into the high grass. grumhiing all the
while. I followed as closely ~ ] dared
until finally. in hopes OF getting a
view over the top of the high grass, I
started to climb a tree. Just then
they rushed back into the forest, for
tunately to one side Of me. thought
It was time to quit. SO we started back
to camp. At that moment heard
another group Of elephants. They
were coming out OF the forest into
the grass. l climbed mp an ant-hiil
where could see htem ~ they passed
over ridge.
There were eleven OF them and not
a specimen that wanted among them.
I stood watching to see what would
happen next. They were about three
hundred yards away when they got
my mind. Back they came. rumbling.
trumpeting and sQuealing. knew
that had trouble on my hands.