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AFRICAN GAME TRAILS 



We rested for an hour or two at noon, under the shade 

 of a very old tree with glossy leaves, and orchids growing 

 on its gnarled, hoary limbs, while the unsaddled horses 

 grazed, and the gun-bearers slept near by, the cool moun- 



Mr. Roosevelt's and Kermit's camp near which they got the rhino and elephant 

 From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt 



tain air, although this was mid-day under the equator, 

 making them prefer the sunlight to the shade. When we 

 moved on it was through a sea of bush ten or fifteen feet 

 high, dotted here and there with trees; and riddled in every 

 direction by the trails of elephant, rhinoceros, and buffalo. 

 Each of these animals frequents certain kinds of country to 

 which the other two rarely or never penetrate; but here they 

 all three found ground to their liking. Except along their 

 winding trails, which were tunnels where the jungle was 



