Show Elephant Nerd Herd Bound Bounda a. a by BI Black cI Mans Man's Magic Major Court Court of ot the Caper Cape I Cairo motor expedition was the first I white man who hunted and killed I elephants on foot with a n spear While I jl ix I was on this spear spear hunting hunting safari i he be said we followed several se her herds s Into Unto waterless country In the el Bahr-el- Ghazal district of ot the Sudan where the elephants usually trek trel to water only every third or fourth night I When they hey do nothing will stop them We Vo followed this particular herd all allday allday day clay and at nt night I 1 was ready to give up I male made camp cump and stopped Bahal Bahal- In la a young Joung hard bitten Mandala l hunter hunt hunt- er who was said to he be something of a n magician then came to me and said he thought he could bind I the hc herd with Ill his magic rope These m magic ropes' ropes are ore riot not uncommon In A Africa Th They Y are usually about a yard long Ions and made matle of fiber sat down clown with I the he rope In his hands and went through the motions of tying his arms legs ankles and neck mattering mut mat mutterIng muttering Incantations as he did dill so Ills His muscles became taut and he lie relapsed Into a semi trance He lie sat sal so for a afew afew afew few minutes and then suddenly relo relaxed re re- lo axed ed grunted That Is good and rose roseto roseto roseto to his feet Next morning we ran Ian Into the elephants only half a mile from camp and killed one onel I They were al almost almost al- al most stationary By fly all nil reckonings they ey should have e been miles away |