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The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter · Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell — chapter 23 of 24 · ~174 words · public domain

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Foot-travelling, remarkable feat of, 59

Government of native races, new idea of, in Sudan, 186

Habashi methods of punishment, 67

Harmatan, 165

Hearing distances, getting within, 2

Honey-guides, dealing with plague of, 18 mead, drinking, 17

Humidity of atmosphere, effect on sound-carrying, 50

Imitative ways of natives, 54

Ivory trading at Karamojo, 32 raiders, 21

Karamojans, dealing with, 36 incitement to murder amongst, 37

Killing elephants, chances of success in, 4 most humane method of, 6

Lado, evacuation of, by Belgians, 98

Lakkas, absence of authority amongst, 141

Lion-hunting by novices, 176

Lions, African, courage of, 175 encounters with game, 178 high mortality amongst hunters of, 177

Marathon racing, 68

Medicine men, assistance to hunters, 13 power of, 12

Mumias, town of, 21

Murua Akipi country, 66

Native ignorance of firearms, 41

Ras Tasama, rule of, 79

Rifles, most suitable types of, 6 selection of, for big-game hunting, 179

Scorpion sting, effect of, 48

Smuggling in Liberia, 109

Snaring, art of, 33

Storks, marabou, 162

Swamp region, hunting in, 86

Trap, setting of, 2

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