Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . ne occasion a small herd of elephants were splashing anout near thebanks of a large river in Burmah and among them was one baby elephantnot much bigger than a cow. The old mother kept a close watch to see thatno harm came to her charge. But while the bathing was going on, a hugecrocodile slipped up unnoticed, through the muddy water, and seized the littleelephant by a hind leg. Its terrified squeals sent its big companions into thegreatest confusion and excitement. Without waiting an instant however, themother and the old bull leader charged. Mea
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . ne occasion a small herd of elephants were splashing anout near thebanks of a large river in Burmah and among them was one baby elephantnot much bigger than a cow. The old mother kept a close watch to see thatno harm came to her charge. But while the bathing was going on, a hugecrocodile slipped up unnoticed, through the muddy water, and seized the littleelephant by a hind leg. Its terrified squeals sent its big companions into thegreatest confusion and excitement. Without waiting an instant however, themother and the old bull leader charged. Meanwhile the baby was beingdragged away in spite of its struggles. The mother seized the crocidlearound the middle with her trunk and literally lifted it out of water and at thesame time tore it away from its prey. Then the bull took a hand in thestruggle and together the pair killed the huge reptile. The baby had onefoot lacerated, while the father and mother were both badly torn andmarked for life. A crocodile does not easily give up its ALL ABOUT LIONS The lion is not plentiful anywhere off the African continent. At ontime it was found all over Asia, but it has been exterminated. A few still exisin Persia and China, but from India it has vanished entirely. The lion has none of the tigers slinking habits, and is therefore mudeasier to approach. In fact, at times it appears to expose itself a lion is disturbed it will come out fearlessly into the open to investi-gate. On the other hand, the tiger on hearing any suspicious noise willlie closely concealed. If it happens to be a powerful enemy, such as anelephant or an armed man, it slinks away like a shadow. Until a few years ago there were plenty of lions all over Africa, but theyare rapidly vanishing. Since the white man started in to settle up thecountry the haunts of the lion have been invaded and the King of Beasts hasbeen driven away or killed off. In fact, in certain regions of recently settledUganda
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