. African game trails. Hunting. CHAPTER IX TO LAKE NAIVASHA From this camp we turned north toward Lake Nai- vasha. The Sotik country through which we had hunted was sorely stricken by drought. The grass was short and with- ered and most of the water- holes were drying up, while both the game and the flocks and herds of the no- mad Masai gathered round the watercourses in which there were still occasional muddy pools, and grazed their neighborhood bare of pasturage. It was an un- ceasing pleasure to watch the ways of the game and to study their varying hab- its. Where there was a river from whi
. African game trails. Hunting. CHAPTER IX TO LAKE NAIVASHA From this camp we turned north toward Lake Nai- vasha. The Sotik country through which we had hunted was sorely stricken by drought. The grass was short and with- ered and most of the water- holes were drying up, while both the game and the flocks and herds of the no- mad Masai gathered round the watercourses in which there were still occasional muddy pools, and grazed their neighborhood bare of pasturage. It was an un- ceasing pleasure to watch the ways of the game and to study their varying hab- its. Where there was a river from which to drink, or where there were many pools, the different kinds of buck, and the zebra, often showed comparatively little timidity about drinking, and came boldly down to the water's edge, sometimes in broad daylight, sometimes in darkness; although even under those conditions they were very cautious if there was cover at the drinking- place. But where the pools were few they never ap- 237. Masai guides on Sotik trip From a photograph by Edmund Heller. 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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