. 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 . ELEPHANTS DRINKING BY MOONLIGHT contained in his stomach, which makes a peculiar swishing soundas he walks along. Now, how is this? Here is an immense animal, standing elevenor twelve feet in height, and weighing two or three tons, and yetwalking with the silent and stealthy tread of a cat! Are his feetfurnished with soft cushions upon the soles, like those of the lion orthe
. 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 . ELEPHANTS DRINKING BY MOONLIGHT contained in his stomach, which makes a peculiar swishing soundas he walks along. Now, how is this? Here is an immense animal, standing elevenor twelve feet in height, and weighing two or three tons, and yetwalking with the silent and stealthy tread of a cat! Are his feetfurnished with soft cushions upon the soles, like those of the lion orthe tiger? Yes and no, their structure being, however, perfectlydifferent, and yet equally ROOSEVELT SURPRISED BY A GIANT HIPPO. This enormous brute, the hippopotamus, is amphibious, equally at home in the water as onland. His thick hide shields him from fatal wounds unless delivered by a high-power rifle, whilehis great strength makes him a terrific antagonist. (
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