| Show mn no less than 1310 13 20 tons of african ivory cabe last year into tile the market of london liverpool and antwerp whence the civilized world derived its supply of 0 this total tons ions represent fresh importations the balance being drawn front from old stock now the average yield of a single elephant la is about thirty pounds of ivory su so it Is clear that over pachyderms must have been td last year to 10 meet the domand diina rid it la Is roughly esti match that africa calcut contain more than elephants so that at the present rate of annihilation we are easy view of the extinction or of the milre bl species celes experts are agneeda thai tile the only to prevent this Is the domestication atlon of tile lie african elephant directly the native and foreign hunters become need d that one live la is worth a dozen of tusks they will bu as keen n to preserve the animal AS they ure are now to exterminate lilt hlin |
