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which charged the boat. We were in the steam launch and 

 I began to feel badly, and knew I was in for a bout of 

 fever. Just then we spied the hippo and went after it 

 in the row-boat. I was anxious to hold back the attack 

 until I got the hippo, as when shaking with a chill it is of 

 course very difficult to take aim. I just succeeded the 



Mr. Roosevelt on his camel 

 From a plwtt'graph by Kcrmil Roosevelt 



excitement keeping me steady; and as soon as the hippo 

 was dead I curled up in the boat and had my chill in peace 

 and comfort. 



There are differences of opinion as to whether any 

 spirituous liquors should be drunk in the tropics. Per- 

 sonally I think that the less one has to do with them the 

 better. Not liking whiskey I took a bottle of brandy for 

 emergencies. Very early in the trip I decided that even 

 when feverish or exhausted by a hard day's tramp, hot tea 

 did me more good than brandy, and I handed the bottle 

 over to Cuninghame. At Khartoum he produced it and 

 asked what he should do with it, and I told him to put it in 

 the steamer's stores; he did so, after finding out the amount 

 that had been drunk, and informed me that I had taken 

 just six ounces in eleven months. 



