. African game trails;. Hunting. 352 AFRICAN GAME TRAILS pened not to see any with the Burchell's. I found the kan- gani even more wary and more difficuk to shoot than the oryx. The first one I killed was shot at a range of four hundred yards; the next I wounded at that distance, and had to ride it down, at the cost of a hard gallop over very bad country and getting torn by the "wait-a-bit" A mixed herd of Liiuvy's and Burchell's zebras From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt There were a number of rhinos on the plains, dull of wit and senses, as usual. Three times we saw cows
. African game trails;. Hunting. 352 AFRICAN GAME TRAILS pened not to see any with the Burchell's. I found the kan- gani even more wary and more difficuk to shoot than the oryx. The first one I killed was shot at a range of four hundred yards; the next I wounded at that distance, and had to ride it down, at the cost of a hard gallop over very bad country and getting torn by the "wait-a-bit" A mixed herd of Liiuvy's and Burchell's zebras From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt There were a number of rhinos on the plains, dull of wit and senses, as usual. Three times we saw cows with calves trotting at their heels. Once, while my men were skinning an oryx, I spied a rhino less than half a mile off. Mounting my horse I cantered down, and examined it within a hundred yards. It was an old bull with worn horns, and never saw me. On another occasion, while we were skinning a big zebra, there were three rhinoceros, all in different places, in sight at the same time. There were also ostriches. I saw a party of cocks, with. 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, London, Syndicate publishing company
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