. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals ... found in the course of his travels . AN OCELOT CAPTURES A FLAMINGO The Ocelot is a Tiger Cat; a most beautiful animal. It catches its prey by stratagem. The Flamingo lives in junglesand marshes. Has long legs and neck, and brilliant scarlet plumage. Height of bird is 5 feet. THE SHIP OF THE DESERT—THE CAMELThe Camel is domesticated in Northern Africa as it is adapted for travel on the desert sands Its milk isus
. Roosevelt's African trip; the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals ... found in the course of his travels . AN OCELOT CAPTURES A FLAMINGO The Ocelot is a Tiger Cat; a most beautiful animal. It catches its prey by stratagem. The Flamingo lives in junglesand marshes. Has long legs and neck, and brilliant scarlet plumage. Height of bird is 5 feet. THE SHIP OF THE DESERT—THE CAMELThe Camel is domesticated in Northern Africa as it is adapted for travel on the desert sands Its milk isused for food and its hair is woven into cloth. The skin is made mtc leather hy the Arais STANLEYS GREAT CONGO EXPEDITION 357 interior; an opening for the manufactures of Europe. By the mediumof roads, rivers and bridges, by the founding of settlements and thecultivation of land, by the pacification of hostile tribes and the estab-lishment of a secure main route, by means of the exchange of goodsand other commercial methods, the Association was to achieve thegradual civilization of the Congo tribes and the opening of a vast fieldfor the commercial energies of the world. Proceeding first to Zanzibar, in the spring of 1879, Stanleyengaged the services of about seventy Wangwana, most of whomwere veterans who had crossed Africa with him. They were now toaid him in founding a state on the great river they had helped him todiscover. Banana Point, at the m
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