THE LONG TRAIL 



learned to distinguish the great beasts of 

 Africa. The younger Gordon Gumming 

 came to stay with us at Sagamore, and 

 when father would get him to tell us 

 hunting incidents from his own varied 

 career, we listened enthralled to a really 

 living "I story." To us he was known as 

 the "Elephant Man," for his prowess in 

 the pursuit of the giant pachyderm. 



Then there was also the "Shark Man." 

 He was an Australian, who told us most 

 thrilling tales of encounters with sharks 

 witnessed when among the pearl-divers. I 

 remember vividly his description of seeing 

 a shark attack one of the natives working 

 for him. The man was pulled aboard only 

 after the shark had bitten a great chunk 

 from his side and exposed his heart, which 

 they could see still beating. He said, 

 "Master, master, big fish," before he died. 



The illustrations in Millais's Breath 

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