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IN AFRICA 
our rifles and see whether we could hit those vital 
^spots. 
Mr. Akeley had an elaborate moving picture ma¬ 
chine and we planned to get some excellent pictures 
of charging animals. The lion, rhino or other sub¬ 
ject was to be allowed to charge within a few feet 
of the camera and then with a crack of our trusty 
rifles he was supposed to stop. We seemed safe in 
assuming, even without exaggeration, that this 
would be exciting. 
It was at least that. 
At last we said farewell to London, a one-sided 
ceremony, stopped at Rheims to see the aviators, 
joined the Akeleys at Paris, and after touching a 
few of the high spots in Europe, arrived in Naples 
in ample time to catch our boat for Mombasa. 
