Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph elephanthuntingi00neum Year: 1898 M ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA avoided the thicker parts. Our old guide was rather tedious, insisting on our making short stages each day, having always some excuse, such as the next water being a long way ahead, or that we might come suddenly into the elephants' haunts and disturb them prematurely. In
Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph elephanthuntingi00neum Year: 1898 M ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA avoided the thicker parts. Our old guide was rather tedious, insisting on our making short stages each day, having always some excuse, such as the next water being a long way ahead, or that we might come suddenly into the elephants' haunts and disturb them prematurely. In reality he was in no hurry ; having plenty of meat he enjoyed himself dawdling along, camping early, and cooking and eating the rest of the day. Hippopotamus in the Tana River. (From a Photograph by Dr. Kolb.) He was, however, such a nice old chap that I could never get wild with him ; indeed, we were great chums, he was such a pleasant contrast to the uncouth natives of this district, who have no shadow of an idea of courtesy, while he, on the contrary, was a polite old gentleman, like a Masai. He called me Papa (with the accent, however, on the first syllable;, and as he was a much older man than I—though with fewer gray hairs, I am bound to confess—I could not do less, regarding the old
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