. African game trails. Hunting. UGANDA, AND THE NYANZA LAKES 437 now breeding. White cow-herons, tamer than barn-yard fowls, accompanied the cattle, perching on their backs, or walking beside them. Beautiful Kavirondo cranes came familiarly round the houses. It was all strange and at- tractive. Birds sang everywhere. The air was heavy with the fragrance of flowers of many colors; the whole place was a riot of lush growing plants. Every day there. Colonel Roosevelt at the Mission of the White Fathers From a photograph by Kertnit Roosevelt were terrific thunder-storms. At Kampalla three men had
. African game trails. Hunting. UGANDA, AND THE NYANZA LAKES 437 now breeding. White cow-herons, tamer than barn-yard fowls, accompanied the cattle, perching on their backs, or walking beside them. Beautiful Kavirondo cranes came familiarly round the houses. It was all strange and at- tractive. Birds sang everywhere. The air was heavy with the fragrance of flowers of many colors; the whole place was a riot of lush growing plants. Every day there. Colonel Roosevelt at the Mission of the White Fathers From a photograph by Kertnit Roosevelt were terrific thunder-storms. At Kampalla three men had been killed by lightning within six weeks; a year or two before our host, Knowles, had been struck by lightning and knocked senseless, a huge zigzag mark being left across his body, and the links of his gold watch chain being fused; it was many months before he completely recovered. Knowles arranged a situtunga hunt for us. The situ- tunga is closely related to the bushbuck but is bigger, with very long hoofs, and shaggy hair like a waterbuck. It is exclusively a beast of the marshes, making its home in the thick reedbeds, where the water is deep; and it is exceed- ingly shy, so that very few white men have shot, or even. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. New York, C. Scribner's sons
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