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barren waste toward that line which is both unwatered and unin- 

 habited. After riding slowly for a time he realized that he had lost 

 his bearings and instinctively turned backward. 



He rode very slowly for hours, taking the direction from his 

 pocket compass and with the dawn located the Kiu Station. He 

 was then 20 miles south of the Machakos camp and rode in just as 

 an expedition was getting ready to go in search of him. 



ROOSEVELT FOLLOWED A LION INTO A THICKET. 



Theodore Roosevelt kills his first elephant. It was a big 

 "tusker," and the former President picked it out of a herd of about 

 a dozen. A baby elephant about two months old was roped and 

 taken alive, and it was sent as a gift from Col. Roosevelt to the New 

 York Zoological Gardens. 



Col. Roosevelt, his son Kermit, and F. C. Selous had a narrow 

 escape from the elephant which fell a prize. The men were out 

 before daybreak for lions near Machakos, and there had been no 

 report of elephants in the district. They wounded a lion returning 

 to its lair, and the animal led them on a chase of several miles. 



Selous advised against following the lion into a thicket, but 

 Roosevelt went in, taking the lead, and at times moving on hands 

 and knees, with his rifle stuck out in front of him. Selous insisted 

 on following close behind Col. Roosevelt, Kermit bringing up the 

 rear. 



Col. Roosevelt reached a fringe of grass at an open spot, and 

 instantly brought his rifle to his shoulder. Selous rose until he was 

 almost standing upright, and saw that the former President was 

 aiming at the leader in a herd of elephants. 



His whispered command came just in time to keep Col. Roose- 

 velt from firing at a range of about 20 feet. Selous insisted upon a 

 retreat, and warned Col. Roosevelt that to fire on the herd would 

 be to invite death in a charge. 



Roosevelt reluctantly moved back along the trail, and followed 

 Selous in a wide detour. The Englishman had marked down the 

 herd. He kept safely to leeward, and finally directed Roosevelt and 

 Kermit to climb a tree. All three men went into the branches, and 



