r r THE TUSKS IN THE D d tl r r 1 tit f A r rr f F f I r i t ti CJ r i I a ad s d t lil 1 ia e I Il i 1 t 1 I 3 J i bl A 1 j 1 L j 1 I P l i I r rL l L I r 4 x 1 I tY tYr r I I i j i I The picture shows the lar largest elt and meet tau alu hie Ie P d tasks ever r taken front an African elephant The of oC 1111 th e n pair of tusk In III the Interior of oC Africa had been beon known to the th MII Ara s f fean years ean These Thee knowing ones were traders who ho sent cent caravans rote i n fl r alter after Ivory but until last this particular 1 stair lr roC of tt lu ra k LI lured from Crom the native chIef who ho owned them As soon Hoon lIB as th h Y dawn to the coast they were ere bought b by an English firm h h wf l p l fwd to New York where they were sold old at a 0 fabulous Tr rId rIdI las I 0 het C et In iii circumference at the larger end and over oer nine f feet t I In i n r Jue to poInt One weighs pounds and the other 21 I a di frt r which has led some lame to believe that the they did not both bOlh come fr m the ra I Imal s mat mal Experienced African travelers however explain the Int way woy Elephant are to t a largo large extent root eaters eater and aM In n e obtain this green rood food they turn over oer trees This is III done b by long straggling roots with their tusk tuk and as 11 the right tuek n I I jar used for thIs purpose It becomes In time somewhat lighter cost ti V Vear I wear ear