884* 
A JOURNEY UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 
in the boat were volubly explaining to all how the bravery and 
coolness of the great hunter had been instrumental in saving their 
lives as well as his own. 
They attribute their escape to Bwana Tumbo’s coolness and 
splendid shooting together with his sagacity in selecting the leader 
of his school as his first victim. 
Edmund Heller, a member of the Roosevelt party, on the pre¬ 
vious day killed an immense leopard which had been caught in a 
trap near the Roosevelt camp. 
The entire collection of specimens of the expedition 
numbered 2,000, covering mammals and birds of all sizes, from 
field mice to rhinoceri and from small shrike to bustards. It 
also included several thousand reptiles and insects. Mr. Roose¬ 
velt’s last bull hippopotamus, which he shot in Lake Naivasha* 
measured fourteen feet. 
NOTICE. 
* While the last page of the text in this book shows 
384 pages, it really contains over 400 pages, for the 
large number of beautiful full-page illustrations and col¬ 
ored plates are not included in the numbering of the 
pages. These magnificent engravings form a very im¬ 
portant part of the book and bring the number of pages 
up to 416. 
