been a fine thing indeed, if, after bagging my first elephant, I had fallen a victim to the collapse of his carcass.” The largest elephant shot by this sportsman measured as follows:— FT. IN. Vertical height at shoulder 9 7 Length from tip of trunk to tip of tail 26 2½ Tusks, each showing out of gum 2 4 When taken out, right 5 0 ” ” ” left 4 11 Circumference at gum 1 4½ Weight (right, 37½, left, 37). 74½ lbs. At the end of a successful trip, when such an elephant has been shot, the sportsman is disposed to be liberal to the trackers; and the following is what Sanderson gave his men:— RS.[5] Present to nine Kurrabas 36 Blankets to ditto 15 Present to gun-bearers 30 Hologas for cleaning skull 3 Warm clothes for servant 20 Two carts to Kákankoté 20 Tobacco, arrack, and rice 20 Sundries 6 ------------------ Total 150 rupees, or $75 On one occasion, this hunter was following a herd, when two Kurrabas ahead of him began to gesticulate furiously; and, running ahead, he almost lost his life. He says, “Not knowing what to make of this, except that there was an elephant somewhere in the grass, I ran on, and almost fell into an old and disused pitfall, which now contained an elephant. His head was a little above the level of the ground. As I stepped back quickly, he threw his fore-feet on to the bank, and tried to reach me with his tusks. The whole occurrence was so sudden and unexpected, and his rush so startling, that I instinctively pulled the trigger of my four-bore rifle from my hip as I stepped back: there was no time to bring it to my shoulder. The shot went through the base of his right tusk, and buried itself deeply in his neck. He fell backwards; but, recovering himself, he commenced dashing his head with great violence against the sides of the pit in his stupefaction. I therefore took a light gun from Jaffer, and killed him.” The elephant had fallen into the pit some time before, and the herd had immediately deserted it, as, says Sanderson, they always do.