348 THE MIGHTIEST NIMROD OF MODERN TIMES. 



At intervals during the passage from Naples, too, cabled news 

 of the progress of the ship had been forwarded to Mombasa, draw- 

 ing from the interior thousands of natives, who traveled hundreds 

 of miles simply for the chance to gaze upon Roosevelt, the " great 

 white chief," whose fame had penetrated the most abysmal jungles 

 of their habitat. 



Yet when the assembled tribesmen beheld the slender, tough- 

 sinewed figure beside the broad-shouldered form of the great white 

 chief they had journeyed so far to see, whispered awe spread hur- 

 riedly from man to man, until it seemed as though all must have 

 seen him before and learned to do reverence to his prowess. 



*' It is he — Macumazahn ! " they murmured, one to another. 

 " It is the mighty hunter of elephants, Macumazahn — he who is 

 awake in the night." 



GREATEST HUNTER OF MODERN TIMES. 



It was indeed the mightiest Nimrod of modern times, Frederic 

 Courtenay Selous, companion, guide and intimate friend of Colonel 

 Roosevelt and the original of that daring, shrewd, dryly humorous, 

 staunch and gallant Allan Quatermain, whom the novels of Rider 

 Haggard have made as familiar to the civilized world as Selous' 

 exploits in the wilds have made his African name familiar among 

 the savages. 



It is said of Frederic Courtenay Selous that he has slain more 

 than lOO elephants, nearly half a hundred lions, and as for rhinoceri 

 and buffalo, both dangerous foes to meet, their numbers bring the 

 total of his really perilous encounters into the thousands. 



The number of head of big game that have fallen to his gun 

 has been estimated at 3000, while the deer and other animals killed 

 for food would be beyond computation. 



During a single expedition, lasting six months, his prizes 

 included twenty-seven elephants, nine rhinoceri, one hippopotamus, 

 one lion, seven zebras and all the minor game required to keep his 

 force of negro carriers in fresh meat. 



Museums of the world preserve innumerable specimens for 

 which science is indebted to his daring and his skill. Now, when he 



