COLONEL ROOSEVELT A REMARKABLE HUNTER. I6l 
The bull came into the clearing at a point about two hundred 
yards from Col. Roosevelt, and immediately charged upon the 
party. Realizing the danger that beset ‘'Bwana Tumbo,’’ others in 
the party were on the point of firing, but Col. Roosevelt held them 
in check while he stepped immediately in the path of the oncoming 
infuriated beast. With wonderful coolness, such as no American 
hunter ever exceeded, Col. Roosevelt took deliberate aim and fired. 
A second shot would have been impossible, but a second shot was 
not necessary, as the first had pierced the animaks brain. 
When the rhinoceros tumbled over Col. Roosevelt enjoyed the 
keenest moment of pleasure that he has had in Africa. The fact 
that he had saved his life did not seem to appeal to him half as much 
as the fact that he had added a rhinoceros to his collection and under 
conditions that any hunter in the world might well have envied. 
ROOSEVELT CONGRATULATED FOR HIS SKILL. 
Col. Roosevelt was warmly congratulated for his coolness and 
skill, and when the natives returned and saw the huge beast dead 
they were more certain than ever that their title of Bwana Tumbo 
had not been misapplied. 
The rhinoceros made the forty-fifth animal that has been killed 
by Col. Roosevelt and his son Kermit. The kill represents fifteen 
varieties, an unsurpassed record for the time that the party has 
been in the field. 
The rhinoceros which was of unusual size, will undoubtedly 
make one of the most prized items in Col. Roosevelt’s collection. 
All the species of rhinoceros are very quick in their temper, 
and liable to flash out into anger without any provocation whatever. 
During these fits of rage they are dangerous neighbors, and are apt 
to attack any moving object that may be within their reach. In 
one well-known instance, where a rhinoceros made a sudden dash 
upon a number of picketed horses, and killed many of them by the 
strokes of his horn, the animal had probably been irritated by some 
unknown cause, and wreaked his vengence on the nearest victims. 
The rhinoceros is always vicious, and, like the elephant, the 
buffalo, and many other animals, will conceal himself in some 
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