. African game trails;. Hunting. THE GUASO NYERO 343 increase has been rapid. Unlike the slow-breeding ele- phant and rhinoceros, buffalo multiply apace, like domes- tic cattle, and in many places the herds have now become too numerous. Their rapid recovery from a calamity so terrific is interesting and instructive.* Doubtless for many years after man, in recognizably human form, appeared on this planet, he played but a small part in the destruction of big animals, compared to plague, to insect pests and. A domesticated young male eland at Meru From a photograph by Edmund Heller microbes, to d
. African game trails;. Hunting. THE GUASO NYERO 343 increase has been rapid. Unlike the slow-breeding ele- phant and rhinoceros, buffalo multiply apace, like domes- tic cattle, and in many places the herds have now become too numerous. Their rapid recovery from a calamity so terrific is interesting and instructive.* Doubtless for many years after man, in recognizably human form, appeared on this planet, he played but a small part in the destruction of big animals, compared to plague, to insect pests and. A domesticated young male eland at Meru From a photograph by Edmund Heller microbes, to drought, flood, earth upheaval, and change of temperature. But during the geological moment covering the few thousand years of recorded history man has been not merely the chief, but practically the sole factor in the extermination of big mammals and birds. At and near Meru boma we spent a fortnight hunting elephant and rhinoceros, as described in the preceding chapter. While camped by the boma white-necked vultu- *0n our trip along the Guaso Nyero we heard that there had been a fresh out- break of rinderpest among the buffalo; I hope it will not prove such a hideous 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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