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The Weasel. A blood-thirsty and courageous animal — Eats rats and birds — Scent like 

 a dog — How African weasels tantalize lions 293 



Hunting the Giraffe. Mr. Eoosevelt bags two bull giraffes and Kermit rides down and 

 kills one — Difficulties in hunting this long-sighted and wary animal — Peculiar habits 

 of the giraffe 297 



The African Leopard. Colonel Eoosevelt bags a leopard — Captures cubs alive — Kermit 's 

 good luck — He kills a leopard at a distance of twelve feet — Facts about this blood- 

 thirsty feline 303 



The Crocodile. East African rivers full of crocodiles — Hated by the natives — How the 

 crocodile is hunted and trapped — The alligator 311 



The Civet. Hides by day and prowls at night — Hunted for its fine perfumery — Its tail 

 longer than head and body combined — Civets taking up their abode in a house.... 322 



Hunting the Antelope. Colonel Roosevelt bags a gnu, or wildebeest, on Alfred Pease's 

 estate — Excitement and danger of the hunt — His first victim on African soil — Facts 

 about the many varieties of antelope that crowd the East African velt 327 



The Zebra or Tiger-Horse. Colonel Roosevelt secures a zebra for the National Museum — 

 Natives hunt them for food — A herd of zebras on the velt — Hundreds of them in 

 East Africa 351 



Africa's Greatest Bird. Mr. Roosevelt's visit to Sir Alfred Pease's ostrich farm — The 

 story of this wonderful bird 3.57 



The Story of the Lizard. Some harmless and some poisonous — Loves to bask in the sun — • 

 Frenzied by love, rage and hunger — Grows a new tail when mutilated 365 



The Story of the Shrew. A little insect-eater — At home in all temperate regions — ^Fond 

 of fighting — A victim of owls — Lives underground 371 



Story of the Hedgehog. An animal covered with spikes — Rolls itself into a ball — Farm- 

 ers believe that it sucks cows — Kills and eats snakes — Feeds on worms and snakes. .375 



The Wild Goat. A wary animal frequenting high mountains — Sure-footed and odorous — ■ 

 Sentinels keep watch while the flock feeds 379 



The Aard-Vark or Ant-Bear. The ugly and ungraceful earth-hog has a long prehensile 

 tongue — Found on the Roosevelt hunting grounds in East Africa 383 



Story of the Pangolin. Looks like a living pine cone — Lives on ants — How hunted — 

 Its habits 385 



The Story of the Tenrec. Eats insects and resembles a hedge-hog — Pest to Madagascar 

 farmers — Its flesh a great delicacy 387 



Hunting the Gazelle. Colonel Roosevelt receives a Thompson gazelle for the Na- 

 tional MiTseum — Many varieties of the gazelle family — East Africa's most graceful 

 animal 391 



The Caffre Cat. The ancestor of the domestic cat — A native of Africa and Asia — Wor- 

 shipped by the Egyptians 399 



The Elk. Fierce battle for leadership — A great swimmer — Hides when he loses his 



horns — How Indians hunt the Elk 401 



The Tiger. Drinks the blood of its victims — Catching Tigers in pitfalls — Battles between 

 Tigers a famous sport in India — How tigers become man-eaters 409 



The Jaguar. Largest of the cat family in the Western Hemisphere — A terror to South 

 American villages 421 



The Yak. Long haired Ox-like animal — Lives on the high plateau of Thibet — Difficulty of 

 hunting them 425 



The Musk Ox. A shaggy Buffalo-like animal of the Arctic region — 'Travels in herds — 

 Hunted by the Eskimos for their warm fur — Thrilling adventure and narrow es- 

 cape , , , , , 429 



