THE LONG TRAIL 



cause or the occasion of an inflammation, 

 Which had grown so serious when I got 

 back here that Doctor Rixey had to 

 hastily take it in hand. For a couple of 

 days it was uncertain whether we would 

 not have to have another operation and 

 remove some of the bones of the leg, but 

 fortunately the doctor got it in hand all 

 right, and moreover it has enabled me to 

 learn just what I ouglit to do if I am 

 threatened with similar trouble in 

 Africa." 



His activity, however, was little ham- 

 pered by his leg, for a few weeks later he 

 wrote: "I have done very little jumping 

 myself, and that only of the small jumps 

 up to four feet, because it is evident that 

 I have got to be pretty careful of my leg, 

 and that an accident of at all a serious 

 character might throw me out of gear for 

 the African trip. This afternoon, by the 

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