. African game trails;. Hunting. 300 AFRICAN GAME TRAILS quarry, under the leadership and supervision of Heller and Cuninghame, and soon they were all splashed with blood from head to foot. One of the trackers took off his blanket and squatted stark naked inside the car- cass the better to use his knife. Each laborer rewarded himself by cutting off strips of meat for his pri- vate store, and hung them in red festoons from the branches round about. There was no let up in the work until it was stopped by darkness. Our tents were pitched in a small open glade a hundred yards from the dead elephan
. African game trails;. Hunting. 300 AFRICAN GAME TRAILS quarry, under the leadership and supervision of Heller and Cuninghame, and soon they were all splashed with blood from head to foot. One of the trackers took off his blanket and squatted stark naked inside the car- cass the better to use his knife. Each laborer rewarded himself by cutting off strips of meat for his pri- vate store, and hung them in red festoons from the branches round about. There was no let up in the work until it was stopped by darkness. Our tents were pitched in a small open glade a hundred yards from the dead elephant. The night was clear, the stars shone brightly, and in the west the young moon hung just above the line of tall tree tops. Fires were speedily kindled and the men sat around them, feast- ing and singing in a strange minor tone until late in the *^' - night. The flickering light left them at one moment in black obscurity, and the next brought into bold re- lief their sinewy crouching figures, their dark faces, gleaming eyes, and flashing teeth. When they did sleep, two of the 'Ndorobo slept so close to the fire as to burn themselves; an accident to which they are prone, judging from the many scars of old burns on their legs. I toasted slices of elephant's heart on a pronged stick before the fire, and found it delicious; for I was hungry, and the night was cold. We talked of our success and exulted over it, and made our plans for the morrow; and then we turned in under our blankets for another night's Suliman Na Meru, one of the elephant guides From a photograph by Kcrmil Roosevelt. 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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