. African game trails. Hunting. ELEPHANT HUNTING by hunters, would habitually spend its days lying or standing in the open plain; nor would it, in such places, repeatedly, and in fact uniformly, permit men to walk boldly up to it without heeding them until in its immediate neighborhood. The elephant's sight is bad, as is that of the rhinoceros; but a comparatively brief experience with rifle-bearing man. West side of Kenia's peak, taken at an altitude of 15,000 feet From a plwtograpli by J. A Idcti Loriiig usually makes the former take refuge in regions where scent and hearing count for m
. African game trails. Hunting. ELEPHANT HUNTING by hunters, would habitually spend its days lying or standing in the open plain; nor would it, in such places, repeatedly, and in fact uniformly, permit men to walk boldly up to it without heeding them until in its immediate neighborhood. The elephant's sight is bad, as is that of the rhinoceros; but a comparatively brief experience with rifle-bearing man. West side of Kenia's peak, taken at an altitude of 15,000 feet From a plwtograpli by J. A Idcti Loriiig usually makes the former take refuge in regions where scent and hearing count for more than sight; while no ex- perience has any such effect on the rhino. The rhinos that now live in the bush are the descendants of those which always lived in the bush; and it is in the bush that the species will linger long after it has vanished from the open; and it is in the bush that it is most formidable. Elephant and rhino differ as much in their habits as in their intelligence. The former is very gregarious, herds of. 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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