. 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, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels . hile, and the rats retreated. We then crept wathinthe curtains of bamboo cloth which encircled a rude imitation of a four-post bedstead, but I kept possession of my shoe. Weary with watching,I closed my eves, but was awakened by a tremendous flash of lightningjimmediately followed by awful thunder and a tumultuous rush of of them scramble
. 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, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels . hile, and the rats retreated. We then crept wathinthe curtains of bamboo cloth which encircled a rude imitation of a four-post bedstead, but I kept possession of my shoe. Weary with watching,I closed my eves, but was awakened by a tremendous flash of lightningjimmediately followed by awful thunder and a tumultuous rush of of them scrambled up the outside of the curtains; but, arms in (2S8) AFRICAN GNAWERS 259 hand, I sat up, and directed by the noise, I hurled the invaders to theground, till at length resistance and the passing away of the stormallowed me to sleep in peace. The Jerboa is a most lively little creature which lives in North-eastern Africa, on the plains where it is so dry that only a few grassesand shrubs will grow. They live in little societies, and dig their homesbeneath the ground, where they have long halls branching in everydirection. When going along quickly, the jerboa walks and runs bytouching first one of its hind feet to the ground and then the other,. JERBOAS OR JUMPING MICE but when in a hurry, it springs from both feet at the same time,covering such long distances at a bound, and touching the ground soc[uickly, that it seems much like a bird skimming along close to theground. The jerboa is about six inches long, with tail about eightinches in length. It is of grayish color, with a white tufted tail. Thereis a species of jerboa in America, called jumping mouse. The Hamsters are very nearly related to the true mice and are stoutly built, rat-like animals, generally with short tails. Thehamsters are confined to the Old World, and chiefly inhabit the tern- 26o AFRICAN GNAWERS perate parts of Europe and Asia; two or three species occur in hve generally in cornfields,
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