THE STORY OF AN OUTING 



with reverential awe; massive, contemplative, dignified 

 he seemed, and with kindly condescension he reached 

 out with his trunk, and I thought he wanted to -shake 

 hands. Instead, he relieved my hand of the uncon- 

 sumed portion of a cake. He subsequently received pea- 

 nuts with great familiarity. Having ignored my com- 

 parative insignificance and raised me to his own social 

 level by breaking bread with me, he won a place in my 

 affection and always seemed to me an animal to be culti- 

 vated, not shot. Useful to man in so many ways, I have 

 never thought of him as a game animal, and was there- 

 fore not so keen for elephant-shooting. Hence we made 

 haste for Nairobi, where we arrived early on April yth. 



RAPID TRANSIT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA 



Next day, with greatly reduced safari, we went by 

 rail to Kapiti Plains, about thirty miles from Nairobi, 

 returning on the I2th, when we closed our safari and 

 left on the I4th for New York. 



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