Show ELEPHANTS OF The Tho Bov Rov Mr who is in iu charge of the tho ho Weal cyan mission nt at Lo Lo- has again had occasion to complain of tho the destructiveness an and viciousness of tho elephants that faa ravage mv- mv age a e that district A few years n ago o there thero was only ono one small herd bord of about a dozen hut but today tOllay Mr Grantham places their number at over o This has been corroborated b by other gentlemen who havo have placed boys bos at various arious points of tho country for the special purposes of ascertaining the tho numerical nu nu- nu- nu merical strength of tho the brutes The They go o about tho the district in small h herds of about fifteen and have havo for the time last nine months been a n source of terror Nothing is safe afo from them and the they are aro apparently fearless They rai raid the kraals at n night ht scattering tho tim fires in in tho the lands and what the thor they do not oat cat of tho crops th they y destroy in n pure wan wan- Alrea Already y three kraals have been deserted owin owing to their frequent visitations Tho The whole of tire tho Urn Urn- range which extends for a good many miles bears traces of their depre depro- Trees aro are rooted up and broken down downall downall downall all over o the hills and aud the icis are arc covered coy cov- ered with tho the pits mado b by tho animals wallowing Almost evor every herd con can tame a number of calves and the older elephants aro are vicious in in the tho extreme and woo betide any unsuspecting unsuspecting- native na na- na tive tivo who happens to como upon a her herd Their agility and the tho rapidity with which tho they travel is is wonderful an and they can glide through h the veldt almost noiselessly m The natives that havo have already alread been injured were usually una unaware warp warp- of of tho the presence of tho the brutes until they thoy came charging down thom them Vicious and destructive they arc are a source of danger rr to life Representations are aro being 1 mado mirado to the government gO and it is iM pos pos- that t special steps will be taken to ri rid the tho district strict of tho pest I |