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and lakes. The "hippo" is timid and
not considered dangerous unless his
escape to the water is cut off or he
/ is wounded
The hunt for the rhinoceros in this
region is no mean venture, for not
! infreduentlv the hunter is hunted, and
/ the angered beast breaks up a whole
"safari' party with one OF his terrible
/ charges. The "rhino" is very near
sighted, but is possessed with re-
markable sense of smell and acute
hearing; in fact, his attack is en-
tirely guided by these senses. Scent
ing danger from afar, the infuriated
animal charges in a straight line
trampling down underbrush and small
. trees in his path as if he were making
trail through nothing more than a
; flower garden. Caught in the w2irl-
wind rush, native hunters sometimes
stand still, hoping the animal will
mistake them for a tree and pass on
which the beast not infrequently does
The charging animal can only be halted
eye or heart.
1t is expected that the American
party will make every effort to bag
the much discussed white rhinoceros
which has been killed off from his orr
ginal range, in British East Africa
Besides ''rhinos," buffalos and other
large animals, the hunting game in
cludes giraffes, leopards, zebras and
Iantelopes. The antelopes of Africa
are most interesting from huntsman's
viewpoint, as they are extremely diff
ficult to shoot. Very shy and quick
it requires an unerring aim to bring
them down, and only the best shots
are successful.
In this rare hunting ground the
American party will find three species
lof the hartebeest, the oryx, the sable
ANTELOPE, the roam antelope, the oribi
the lesser reed buck, the water
buck, the steinbuck, the eland the
greater and lesser kudu, the gnu and
the bushbuck. All these various spe-
cies of antelopes have keenly developed
escaping faculties. Wart hogs, jackals
hyenas, together with a host of cranes
bustards and other feathered varieties
all help swell the population of the
animal kingdom in this region.
Wild Dogs of the Jungle.
! No hunters can ever be said to have
enjoyed all the experiences of the
African jungle without an adventure
with wild dogs, which roam in packs
and are the dread of the natives. The
cry of these animals is not unlike that
of leopards or smaller game, and once
heard the natives fly to the tops OF
trees. These mongrel dogs have low
! bodies, covered with thick bushy hair
A hunter wounding a wild dog must
; according to the ethics of the chase
pursue and kill the wounded canine.
The fish of the inland lakes, il
which is found the hippo are un
/, palatable, and the Roosevelt party viii
, subsist on flesh and fowl There i.
an abundance of wild duck on Naiv
J asha Lake, where the hunters vii
) doubtless spend much time One,
KILLED, all this quarry must be imme
diately prepared for transportation ant
skins and hides sailed and dried t,
| make preservation certain
, There is hunting all the year rounc
: in British East Africa, but the sea
son of the ''big rains" from the enc
| of January to the end of April, i
not one generally chosen bv the hunter
| There is also short, rainy spell abou
: October and November which, how
: ever, is not regarded as an obstacle t.
: hunting.