Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . , ~ • 3Ji*^f. DRIVING CROCODILES INTO THE WATER. emptied both barrels into his head, and he sank without a gurgle intothe muddy water. Meanwhile the other end of the boat had been lessfortunate. The remaining male had fastened his massive jaws in thegunwale and was crunching it like paper, while the Frenchman, the causeof all the danger, was ineffectually belaboring his head with an oar, hi
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . , ~ • 3Ji*^f. DRIVING CROCODILES INTO THE WATER. emptied both barrels into his head, and he sank without a gurgle intothe muddy water. Meanwhile the other end of the boat had been lessfortunate. The remaining male had fastened his massive jaws in thegunwale and was crunching it like paper, while the Frenchman, the causeof all the danger, was ineffectually belaboring his head with an oar, hisempty gun being, of course, useless. Luckily for us, one of the party had a loaded rifle and some presence A CELEBRATED AFRICAN TRIBE. 87 of mind left, and to these hippopotamus number two reluctantly yielded,and went to join his friend at the bqttom of the muddy river. It isreally curious how easily and quickly so huge an animal will die undermodern weapons, when you remember what difficulty the ancients expe-rienced in killing large game, and how an entire army was needed to copewith an elephant or hippopotamus. But to return to our still rather unpleasant predicament: beforethe female could reach us, we were
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