Year: 1859

nearly N direct line toNaTus me out
after running for about s.xiy or seventy
PAGES they stopped short, evidently disap-
pointed a, not finding the enemy. felt
very much inclined to take 10 my heels,
but moments reflection convinced me
that safety lay only in keeping close and
il was well did so, for in few moments
the paterfsmilias made an oblique rush
through the jungle with such force as ac-
tually TO send whole tree that be had
uprooted in bis headlong course spinning
in the air. A hugh branch remained
fixed to one Of his tusks. His head he
carried aloft, his huge ears were spread
to the full, while with bis trunk be shifted
the air impatiently. In this position, and
when within less than dozen PAGES of
ne, he remained, should say, about
half minute. think il was the most
striking and thrilling sporting scene that
/ ever saw; my assailant looked the very
picture of grandeur and rage.


/ used heavy rifle, carrying n eonieal
s,eel-pointed bullet (three to the pound)
and ten to twelve drachms Of the best
English rifle powder. With this charge
sometimes send the ball clean through
an elephant. Once fred at huge COW;
the bullet entered her hind quarters, and
obliquely ,raversing the entire length Of
her body passed out at the shoulder! The
only objection that / have 10 the gun is
that it kicks frightfully, and ] dare not
now fire it without previously placing 3
thick wad on my shoulder"


Elephant hunting, however, Is exceed
ingly tedious as well as dangerous sport.
Mr.. Anderson says;


But elephant hunting on foot at this
hot season of the year is tremendous
work. 1t IS rarely that can succeed in
tracking, stalking, and killing my ele-
phant, and return to camp in less than ten
hours, and more frequently it takes me
twelve, fourteen, and even sixteen hours
to accomplish the feat. OF course it
would be nothing in a temperate climate;
but here, where the air is like the draught
Of strongly heated furnace, it is most


trying to the constitution. So severe is


the labor, indeed, that / am obliged to


to divide my native attendants into two


sets, making use Of one set the one day


and the other the next.


Elephant hunting on foot is also dan


gerous work. The fact is, every time I
go iu search Of these animals, ] consider


my life in peril. IL was only few days


ago that was suddenly and unexpected


ly charged by an elephant, and that by


one not previously wounded. Before


was aware Of the brute, he was so close
upon me that found escape by running
impossible. Poor Walberg's sad fate


flashed across my mind. However, as


good luck would have II, / broke one Of


his fore legs, which at once brought him
on 10 bis head. He was not above three
times the length Of my rife from me
when he thus fell. But this only one Of
+ the hair-breadth escapes that might be
, mentioned.


have also bad some dangerous en-
) counters with other animals. Oae fine
moonlight night, while watching for els-


plants, ! encountered troop Of lions
and without any kind Of molestation on
my part was suddenly attacked by the
leader, magnificent male. Fortunately
a well directed bullet from my elephant
: rifle put him at once hors dH combat
The next morning finished him."