. Outing. CThM»i-*:a / IV/N&5TON JT^UCL COMING TO THE BANK THE TAPIR STUMBLED IN. Illustration for The Black Witcho of the Savannah, by Charles Livingston Bull. THE OUTING. Volume LV FEBRUARY, 1910 Number 5 THE BLACK WITCHESOF THE S AVAN H CAor/es Ltv/no^/on Buu Illustrated by the Author N a nest of matted grass and weeds,under a clump of small trumpettrees growing on a knoll where thejungle shredded out into a broadstretch of grassy savannah, stood atapir mother and lying beside herwas her tiny baby calf. Vividly stripedand blotched with cream white, the lit-tle creature looked like a cun
. Outing. CThM»i-*:a / IV/N&5TON JT^UCL COMING TO THE BANK THE TAPIR STUMBLED IN. Illustration for The Black Witcho of the Savannah, by Charles Livingston Bull. THE OUTING. Volume LV FEBRUARY, 1910 Number 5 THE BLACK WITCHESOF THE S AVAN H CAor/es Ltv/no^/on Buu Illustrated by the Author N a nest of matted grass and weeds,under a clump of small trumpettrees growing on a knoll where thejungle shredded out into a broadstretch of grassy savannah, stood atapir mother and lying beside herwas her tiny baby calf. Vividly stripedand blotched with cream white, the lit-tle creature looked like a cunning spot-ted pig in contrast with its slate-graymother. It was but two days old,too young to be able to stand upon itswavering legs for more than a few min-utes at a time, and having just finishedfeeding it was resting quietly. It was a hot spring morning far in theinterior of British Guiana. Out overthe savannah swung a pair of large blackhawks in graceful, flight, seeking achance to surprise one of the slenderlizards which skipped about in the thickgrass. In one of the trumpet trees akiskadee flycatcher sounded its harsh, complaining cry, interrupting the liquidn
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