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IN AFRICA 



burned to a ruddy tan and his eyes were as clear as 

 a plainsman's. He laughed and joked and com- 

 mented on the news that we told him with all the 

 enthusiasm of one who knows no physical cares or 

 worries. 



Reading the Report That He Had Been Killed 



"If I could have seen you an hour and a half 

 ago," he told Akeley, "I could have got you the 

 elephants you want for your group. We passed 

 within only a few yards of a herd of ten this morn- 

 ing, and Kermit got within thirty yards to make 

 some photographs." They had not shot any, how- 



