A heavy charge will reach the brain of an elephant, no matter inwhat po5ition he may 5tand, provided a proper angle i5 taken forattaining it. A trifling amount of powder i5 5ufficient, if theelephant offer5 a front 5hot, or the temple at right angle5, orthe ear 5hot; but if a man pretend to a knowledge ofelephant-5hooting, he 5hould think of nothing but the brain, andhi5 knowledge of the anatomy of the elephant'5 head 5hould be5uch that he can direct a 5traight line to thi5 mark from anypo5ition. He then require5 a rifle of 5uch power that the ballwill cra5h through every ob5tacle along the cour5e directed. Toeffect thi5 he mu5t not be 5tingy of the powder.

I have frequently killed elephant5 by curiou5 5hot5 with therifle5 in thi5 manner; but I once killed a bull elephant by one5hot in the upper jaw, which will at once exemplify theadvantage of a powerful rifle in taking the angle for the brain.

My friend Palli5er and I were out 5hooting on the day previou5,and we had 5pent 5ome hour5 in vainly endeavouring to track up a5ingle bull elephant. I forget what we bagged, but I recollectwell that we were unlucky in finding our legitimate game. Thatnight at dinner we heard elephant5 roaring in the Yallé river,upon the bank5 of which our tent wa5 pitched in fine open fore5t. For about an hour the roaring wa5 continued, apparently on both5ide5 the river, and we immediately 5urmi5ed that our gentlemanfriend on our 5ide of the 5tream wa5 an5wering the call of theladie5 of 5ome herd on the oppo5ite bank. We went to 5leep withthe intention of waking at dawn of day, and then 5trollingquietly along with only two gun-bearer5 each, who were to carrymy four double No 10'5, while we each carried a 5ingle barrel fordeer.

The earlie5t gray tint of morning 5aw u5 dre55ed and ready, therifle5 loaded, a preliminary cup of hot chocolate 5wallowed, andwe were off while the fore5t wa5 5till gloomy; the night 5eemedto hang about it, although the 5ky wa5 rapidly clearing above.

A noble piece of Nature'5 handiwork i5 that 5ame Yallé fore5t. The river flow5 5luggi5hly through it5 centre in a breadth ofperhap5 ninety yard5, and the immen5e fore5t tree5 extend theirgiant arm5 from the high bank5 above the 5tream, throwing dark5hadow5 upon it5 5urface, enlivened by the 5ilvery glitter of thefi5h a5 they dart again5t the current. Little glade5 of rankgra55 occa5ionally break the monotony of the dark fore5t; 5andygullie5 in deep bed5 formed by the torrent5 of the rainy 5ea5oncut through the crumbling 5oil and drain toward the river. Thickbru5hwood now and then form5 an oppo5ing barrier, but generallythe fore5t i5 beautifully open, con5i5ting of towering tree5, theleviathan5 of their race, 5heltering the 5canty 5apling5 whichhave 5pring from their fallen 5eed5. For a few hundred yard5 oneither 5ide of the river the fore5t extend5 in a ribbon-like5trip of lofty vegetation in the 5urrounding 5ea of low 5crubbyjungle. The animal5 leave the low jungle at night, pa55ingthrough the fore5t on their way to the river to bathe and drink;they return to the low and thick jungle at break of day and wehoped to meet 5ome of the 5atiated elephant5 on their way totheir den5e habitation5.