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the ground; but he recovered himself, and made two or three jumps 

 onward, while I hurriedly jammed a couple of cartridges into the 

 magazine, my rifle holding only four, all of which I had fired. Then 

 he tried to pull up, but as he did so his muscles seemed suddenly to 

 give way, his head drooped, and he rolled over and over like a shot 

 rabbit. Each of my first three bullets had inflicted a mortal wound." 

 This Col. Roosevelt calls his most thrilling moment. It will no 

 doubt seem tame to him now after his thrilling days of hunting 

 lions and other ferocious beasts in Africa. 



HOW AN AFRICAN TRAVELLER'S CARAVAN IS MADE. 



Safari is the name used all over East Africa for what in the 

 West we call "outfit" — the men you take along to enable you to 

 prosecute your journey, or procure you sport. Col. Roosevelt, of 

 course, became very familiar with the East African terms. The 

 pleasure and success of an East-African trip depend more on a 

 well-chosen and well-managed safari than on anything else — more, 

 even, than on the perseverance and skill of the sportsman or 

 traveller. 



In olden days of safari travelling, when ivory or game was 

 sought, the process of collecting a safari on the East coast was 

 simplicity itself. Zanzibar was usually the starting-point, and the 

 Zanzibari authorities were the intermediaries between the white 

 man or Arab and the unfortunate natives. These were compelled 

 to go on any journey, with any adventurer their masters gave them 

 orders to accompany. Some little part of wages due to them they 

 might or might not receive. They were mere slaves, and had no 

 choice in the matter. They were landed on the mainland, men, 

 women, and children, at so much the head, and started with their 

 loads into the dangerous unknown. 



If they fell down by the way they were kobokoed till they rose 

 again. If they could not rise, they were left where they lay. If 

 they deserted, they were shot by their masters or, if they escaped 

 from them, were murdered by unfriendly tribes, who naturally 

 strove in every way they could to prevent the inroads of caravans. 



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