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Probably she has never made a more dangerous shot 

 in her whole African life. Had the bullet not hit 

 just right it would have ricochetted and done no harm. 

 Ftu-ther, had the animal not been so close I doubt if 

 the bullet would have penetrated, for the point she 

 hit was tougher than bone itself. 



When we finally returned from Lake Paradise 

 with the Eastman-Pomeroy party to Nairobi we found 

 waiting for us John Wilshusen and three new Willys- 

 Knight cars, one a big six and two one -ton trucks. 

 These cars were what we considered the very best for 

 the fearfully rough usage we had to put them to. 



On the day they were ready we all prepared for 

 our trip down to Tanganyika for lions, the Eastman 

 party going on ahead of us. We were filled with 

 anticipation at the prospect of this safari, but little did 

 we realize what tremendous things were in store 

 for us in the next few weeks. 



Best of all, I think, Carl Akeley was to be along 

 and share with us his wonderful store of African 

 knowledge. 



