| Show vak 4 y y w KILLING D anc experience 00 OF A HUNTER I 1 IN N CEYLON iy ay its charge of I 1 infuriated nf erlat e d ant animal ma I 1 on camp at Wid midnight night met with courage 1 y ft and skill lucky shot shotton won i 0 o Q when an elephants forefoot tiring aring 6 5 inches in circumference and I 1 rj it is in addition an ugly tempered old rogue its shooting in thedarl the dark is not a safo bate business the japan Chon chronicle icle 0 however tells oi of how low a hunter named 0 e holland hallai I 1 d accomplishes the feat in cey r ion malting making a record bag which had Q U not been equaled in fit 80 years hp he was encamped one night in the jungle thoroughly fatigued aber aier a two days A buffalo hunt when lie he was aroused by the cry of his shi karl sahib an ele T pliant he fie Juril jumped ped to his feet and ancl 1 l rushed into the open with a loaded f tine rifle the night was pitch dark he s heard the trumpeting of the animal S not far away the elephant was e evl I 1 dently making for the spot where tha th JT hunter stood while lie he was t dering at this unusual decu occurrence bice an all elephant approaching a human eh cam mentin in the night his servant j warned him that the animal was as a r rogue a rogue being an elephant y which for so some r fie reason or 0 other iller hael haa become akpan a pan hater and will attack and kill any human being without provocation now an elephant in spite of its huge size is not an easy mark lt it only vulnerable spot to ia the ei V forehead aon on any other portion portio n of its anatomy the shots have practically 1 l no effect a shot in the knee SS 1 may animal down akl aeten en A counter with a brogue rogue invariably re suits in the death of one ot of ane afie corn batanus ba tants helland heiland was aware 0 this A but he decided to run th the e penetrating the jungle he be quickly fi became aware that lie he wag wa in close proximity to the elephant though he could see nothing distinctly how r ever he fired at ai aVenti a venture ire and next d moment his ears were assailed by bk the sound of a vio violent lent trumpeting and al t most immediately after lid he saw an enormous mass loom up before him f not more than tell ten to fifteen f feet eek away avay there I 1 was ao no time to escape escape 1 his 1116 repeating rifle wash was already at 1 1 his shoulder ider and lie clr alred ed this time hit ting the elephant elephantine in the kneet knee imme on firing the he hunter sprang aside bue lie he momentarily illy expected the trunk of the infuriated pachy derm to be upon lil him mand aud again raised his bis rifle jt ft was unnecessary ho however T vr with a shrill scream of pain the elep elephant haft collapsed collais ed another s shot fiot in fil the dark would probably have brought I 1 it t to its feet so heiland Helland had ha ato 4 to wait F presently his followers caneup came bip with lanterns on seeing the light the elephant attempted to rise but buit in vain the hunter then aa approached preached pro ached anderz and fired a shot in its ils forehead which put an 0 end to its sufferings suffering s next morning the elephant was loaded piecemeal r on oil to a wagon by the and N 1 villagers and carted to td the nearest government station for official certification |
