. 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 . even among the colonists there existsan unaccountable superstition that his subjugation is not to be accom-plished. In India elephants become very adept at the catching and•breaking of wild elephants, and were this method adopted in Africaand the native animal domesticated and used against other big game,it would become one of the greatest sports in the world. Once killed th
. 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 . even among the colonists there existsan unaccountable superstition that his subjugation is not to be accom-plished. In India elephants become very adept at the catching and•breaking of wild elephants, and were this method adopted in Africaand the native animal domesticated and used against other big game,it would become one of the greatest sports in the world. Once killed the elephant is of no use except for the ivory of histusks. The natives and some Europeans, however, esteem elephantsteak and baked elephants feet great luxuries. The tusks are em- 166 THE GREAT THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS bedded in massive sockets spreading over the greater portion of theface, and the operation of hewing them out with an axe usually occu-pies several hours. A female with tusks is an African oddity unknownin India. The Rhinoceros.—The elephant, as the largest animal known,is entitled to first consideration, but the rhinoceros is a worthy rivalfrom a sportsmans viewpoint. Upwards of six feet high at the. HEAD OF A RHINOCEROS shoulders and about thirteen feet in extreme length, it is a ridiculous,yet awe-inspiring, sight to watch one charging along with short stubbytail angrily erect, the big ungainly body supported on short and seem-ingly inadequate legs. The head is large and long with small eyesplaced well on the side. Their sight is very poor and this fact hassaved many a mans life who had the pYesence of mind to lie downwhen facing a charge. However, their scent is so keen that it nearlycompensates for the poor eyesight. The rhinoceros is bad tempered THE GREAT THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS - 167 and resentful of interference. He usually charges a man on sight,and his enormous weight and strength, coupled with the two shorthorns on his snout, render him one of the most
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