«64 THE MIGHTIEST NIMROD OF MODERN TIMES. 



raw meat, depend largely on the results of kills and come near starv- 

 ing in seasons, when game is scarce or when white men fail to come 

 on safari. 



A number of Colonel Roosevelt's porters are Mkambas, and 

 their orgies when he and Kermit between them killed three huge 

 giraffe on the same day, surpassed anything in the legends of the 



tribe. 



Their jubilations were carried on far into the night, much to 

 the enjoyment of Colonel Roosevelt and his son, to whom the weird 

 antics of the natives constituted a new experience, and one, too, 

 long to be remembered after they return to their native shores. 



