. African game trails;. Hunting. HUNTING IN THE SOTIK 235 mixed with grass—rather thick-stemmed grass—and in one case with the pulpy, spiny leaves of a low, ground-creeping euphorbia. At this camp we killed five poisonous snakes: a light- colored tree snake, two puff adders, and two seven-foot cobras. One of the latter three times **spat" or ejected its poison at us, the poison coming out from the fangs like white. A rhino "coming on" From a photograph by Kcrmil Roosevelt films or threads, to a distance of several feet. A few years ago the singular power of this snake, and perha
. African game trails;. Hunting. HUNTING IN THE SOTIK 235 mixed with grass—rather thick-stemmed grass—and in one case with the pulpy, spiny leaves of a low, ground-creeping euphorbia. At this camp we killed five poisonous snakes: a light- colored tree snake, two puff adders, and two seven-foot cobras. One of the latter three times **spat" or ejected its poison at us, the poison coming out from the fangs like white. A rhino "coming on" From a photograph by Kcrmil Roosevelt films or threads, to a distance of several feet. A few years ago the singular power of this snake, and perhaps of certain other African species, thus to eject the poison at the face of an assailant was denied by scientists; but it is now well known. Selous had already told me of an instance which came under his own observation; and Tarlton had once been struck in the eyes and for the moment nearly blinded by the poison. He found that to wash the eyes with milk was of much relief. On the bigger puff adder, some four feet long, were a dozen ticks, some swollen to the size of cherries; ap-. 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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