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only been killing one specimen and no more, except in the case of the Hons, 

 a pest to humanity. In the case of the lions I have received the heartiest 

 thanks of the people of the neighborhood in which I have killed the beasts. 



"I am not a good shot," the famous hunter said to the correspondent, with 

 characteristic modesty, ''but I shoot often." 



The same statement was also made to the two experienced hunters, Selous 



A VISIT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF PRESENTS. 



and Cunninghame, who accompany the safari, and both met it with the most 

 emphatic contradiction. Mr. Roosevelt's marvelous game record also shows 

 that his hits are much more frequent than his misses. 



The people of the land, natives ^s well as European settlers, were amazed 

 at the energy of the former President. The individual members of the cara- 

 van were often marched to death and anxious to quit. They therefore em- 



