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[Radu Transylvanicus]

Picking up where we left, I have an old, old book on my library from the late 1800`s, a 100% classic safari literature, its full title might sound ackward nowadays so I wont lay it all out risking more trouble, it is about H. Morton Stanley's adventures in Africa with plenty of refferences to other explorers and in the chapter : "Sir Samuel W. Baker and his heroic Lady" one account of hunting an elephant bull with the sword by two Arabian brothers, Taher Sherif and Ibrahim, claimed by cutting his tendons and waiting until bleeding to its end, entirelly by the deeds of sword and no firearms involved.
However today it does seem close to unacceptable one would go hunting the largest and most dangerous of the game armed with a sword.
On the other hands word is some Massai or Turkana in Kenya, Tanzania use their long knifes (I forgot their proper nomenclature for the moment...) not only spears to bring down lions.
If it really matters to anyone I can take the long time to copy here the actual passage from the book (quite long though!!!)...

P.S. The Massai long knife name is "simi" also spelled "seme" !