GIANT ELEPHANT

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 169, 12 April 1930, Page 31

GIANT ELEPHANT

PHANTOM JUNGLE KING

Somewhere in the wilds of the East African jungle there lives a giant elephant whose bodyguard of female elephants protects him from the prying eyes of the white hunter. "The Crown Prince, as he has been named,” states Sir. Frank Lavelin Puxley in his recently-published book, “In African Game Tracks,” “has become a legendary figure, even during his lifetime. He has never been seen by a ■white man, so far as I know, but the natives claim for him a pair of tusks that exceed 3001 b. in weight apiece. "An elephant’s height is nearly proportionate to the dimensions of his feet, , . . . thus a 19iu. spoor would point

to an animal approximately 12ft. in height. . . ’ . “What must be the size of this monster? That he exists there is no doubt whatever. I have myself measured these giant foot-marks, and have found that they scale 29iin. . . . They cannot.be mistaken, for one of the toenails is missing. Early this year a well-known game ranger confirmed my belief that no white man has ever seen him. “ ‘And no white man ever will. he added, explaining that the Crown Prince maintained an escort of females, who encircles him at a distance of a mile. They were there for the purpose of giving his lordship timely warning, he said.