18 AFRICAN ADVENTURE STORIES 



ert or chaparral country of southwestern Texas, 

 New Mexico, Arizona, and southern Colorado, 

 Nevada, and California, or to the open-wooded 

 sections similar in a way to the "cross timber" 

 of northeastern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and 

 Indian Territory. They do retreat to the true 

 jungle during the day when such tracts border 

 large areas of open country, where they have 

 been hunting during the night; but such regions 

 are too dense for good hunting, and as their 

 prey inhabits the open country, they are forced 

 to spend the greater part of their life on the 

 veldt, the bush-veldt, or on the desert. 



During the last few hours of daylight, through- 

 out the night, and well into the morning yes, 

 through the entire day, should it be cloudy or 

 rainy they may be found abroad. They may 

 stay out later than usual in hot weather should 

 they be so unlucky as not to make a "kill" 

 before dawn, but as soon as they have gorged 

 themselves, or when the sun becomes unbearable, 

 they seek some place of refuge. This may be a 

 solitary thorn-tree with thick spreading limbs 

 that reach to the ground, the thick grass and 

 weeds bordering a swamp, or, in fact, any kind 

 of thicket large enough to afford shelter and pro- 



