CHAPTER XII. 
Coi.. R00SKVE1.T A Rkmarkabee Hunter—Ate Records Broken- 
Bags A Bute Rhinoceros—Shoots a Giraeee in the Neck 
AT 400 Yards—Coe. Rooseveet Kiees His First Eeephant 
—Bags a Leopard and Captures the Leopard's Cubs 
Aeive—Arrives at the Ju Ja Ranch—Coe. Rooseveet 
Deeighted. 
C OL. ROOSEVELT’S hunting in Africa and his expedition 
has been successful enough to satisfy the most exacting of 
men. Not only has he broken the record for the number of lions 
killed by one man, but he has secured giraffes, elephants, rhino¬ 
ceroses, buffalos, hippopotami and leopard as well, to say nothing 
of a number of less important game. His first ten days’ hunting 
yielded twenty-seven head of big game of many different species. 
When not occupied in searching for specimens or writing he 
spends his time practicing shooting. When particularly delighted 
with the result of his day’s hunting he spends the evening at the 
camp-fire, pointing out how Africa could be made a great country. 
Col. Roosevelt undoubtedly owes his life to his courage and 
unerring aim, which combination brought death to a huge bull 
rhinoceros near Machakos. 
Charged by a huge rhinoceros, Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-Presi¬ 
dent of the United States, raised his rifle and waited. 
On came the maddened beast, crashing through the reeds, his 
ugly horned head bent low, the impact of his powerful feet making 
the earth tremble. 
He was forty paces distant, his squeal was heard above the 
snapping of the brush; he was thirty paces away and his blood¬ 
shot eyes glistened like rubies; twenty paces between the hunter 
and the bulky monster, whose hot breath raised the temperature, 
even in that torrid climate; fourteen paces to go and no downs. 
Then— 
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