Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . nanas, and as he lifts that, drops the child: the young soko in sucha case would cling closely to the armpit of the elder. One man was cut-ting out honey from a tree, and naked, when a soko suddenly appearedand caught him, then let him go: another man Avas hunting, and missedin his attempt to stab a soko; it seized the spear and broke it; then grap-pled with the man, who called to his compa
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . nanas, and as he lifts that, drops the child: the young soko in sucha case would cling closely to the armpit of the elder. One man was cut-ting out honey from a tree, and naked, when a soko suddenly appearedand caught him, then let him go: another man Avas hunting, and missedin his attempt to stab a soko; it seized the spear and broke it; then grap-pled with the man, who called to his companions, Soko has caughtme; the soko bit off the ends of his fingers and escaped men are now alive at Bambarre. The soko is cunning and has such sharp eyes that no one can stalkhim in front without being seen, hence, when shot, it is always in theback; when surrounded by men and nets, he is often speared in the backtoo; otherwise he is not a very formidable beast; he is nothing as com-pared in power of damaging his assailant to a leopard or lion, but ismore like a man unarmed, for it does not occur to him to use his canineteeth, which are long and formidable. Numbers of them come down in. (2B7) 268 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. the forest within a hundred yards of our camp, and would be unknownbut for giving tongue Hke fox-hounds; this is their nearest approach tospeech. A man hoeing was stalked by a soko, and seized; he roaredout, but the soko giggled and grinned, and left him as if he had done itin play. A child caught up by a soko is often abused by being pinchedand scratched, and let fall. Never Attacks Women. The soko kills the leopard occasionally, by seizing both paws andbiting them so as to disable them; he then goes up a tree, groans overhis wounds, and some time recovers, while the leopard dies: at othertimes both soko and leopard die. The lion kills him at once, and some-times tears his limbs off, but does not eat him. The soko eats no flesh—small bananas are
Size: 1221px × 2046px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherphiladelphiapa
