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tells it. It was an experience that he and Cuning- 

 hame had with a big bull giraffe which they ap- 

 proached as it slept. When they were within ten 

 feet of it it opened its eyes and stared at them. A 

 slight movement on their part caused it to strike out 

 with its front foot, but without rising. Then, as 

 they made no offensive moves, it continued to re- 

 gard them sleepily and without fear. Even when 

 they threw sticks at it it refused to budge, and it 

 was only after some time that it was chased away, 

 where it came to a stop only fifty yards off. 



"I suppose W. J. Long will call that a nature 

 fake," he said, "and I wish that I had had a camera 

 with me so that I could have photographed it. I'm 

 afraid they won't believe Cuninghame, because they 

 don't know him." 



In the course of the luncheon the conversation 

 ranged from politics, public men, his magazine 

 work, some phases of Illinois politics, as involved 

 in the recent senatorial election, his future plans 

 of the present African trip and many of the little 

 experiences he had had since arriving in the coun- 

 try. Much that was said was of such frankness, par- 

 ticularly as to public men, as to be obviously confi- 

 dential. 



He was asked whether he had secured, among his 

 trophies, any new species of animal that might be 

 named after him. In Africa there is a custom 

 of giving the discoverer's name to any new kind 

 or class of animal that is killed. For instance, 

 the name "granti" is applied to the gazelle first 



