THE
WANDERINGS OF AN
ELEPHANT HUNTER

BY
W. D. M. BELL

LONDON
PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICES OF “COUNTRY LIFE,” LTD.,
20, TAVISTOCK ST., COVENT GARDEN, W.C.2, AND BY
GEORGE NEWNES, LTD., 8-11, SOUTHAMPTON ST., STRAND, W.C.2
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
MCMXXIII

Printed in Great Britain.

CONTENTS

PAGE
List of Illustrations[vii]
CHAPTER
I.Hunting the Big Bull Elephant[1]
II.The Brain Shot at Elephant[5]
III.The Body Shot at Elephant[8]
IV.African “Medicine” or Witchcraft and its Bearing on Sport[12]
V.Karamojo[20]
I.INTO THE UNKNOWN[20]
II.IVORY AND THE RAIDERS[31]
III.THE COMING OF PYJALÉ[44]
VI.Dabossa[59]
VII.Through the Sudd of the Gelo River[78]
VIII.The Lado Enclave[87]
IX.Hunting in Liberia[105]
X.Buba Gida, the Last African Potentate[128]
XI.Buba Gida and the Lakkas[135]
XII.The Ascent of the Bahr Aouck[149]
XIII.Buffalo[170]
XIV.African Lions[175]
XV.Rifles[179]
XVI.African Administrations[184]
Index[188]