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at dawn and ride to the feeding grounds of this animal, when a herd 
is sighted the real work begins as one must creep, sometimes for a mile 
until they get to within twenty or thirty feet of them, or even nearer, 
and of course, if they get the wind or hear the hunter, the chances of 
escape are small. An elephant charging a hunter at so short a distance 
covers the ground quickly and to elude it one must be very quick and 
shoot straight and true. Col. Roosevelt secured his first elephant in the 
Kenia District, he was anxious to do this so that there would be better 
chances of preserving the skin in good condition in this cooler climate. 
There are larger and better elephants in the Nile Country of Uganda 
but the Colonel thought it unwise to wait until then when there was a 
good chance to get one in the Kenia District. 
ROOSEVELT CHARGED BY INFURIATED ELEPHANT. 
Col. Roosevelt accompanied by Mr. Cunninghame the big game 
hunter and guide crawled into a herd of elephants about thirty feet from 
a big bull he wanted to kill. He killed the elephant at the second shot. 
Suddenly before the Colonel could reload another bull charged him at 
close range from the herd. Both hunters quickly dodged behind trees, 
and Mr. Cunninghame fired and turned the bull from Mr. Roosevelt 
just in time to save his life. It was a close shave. 
IN A TIGHT PLACE. 
One of the Roosevelt party while in the Mweru District had an ex¬ 
perience that would test the ability and mettle of any hunter in the 
world and came off victorious. He was out hunting with only a native 
gun bearer when he encountered a charging man-eating lion. He had 
just fired and killed the lion when there came charging at him a large 
rhinoceros. A good shot killed the rhino when to his amazement a huge 
bull elephant came thundering towards him which he also shot dead. 
The whole three of these animals had charged him within a space of 
twenty paces. 
Many strange things happen while hunting in Africa. When Mr. 
Selous and Mr. McMillan, two of the Roosevelt party were out in the 
Nyeri District accompanied by Mr. Judd, the professional hunter, they 
were after lions one day and Judd was following Mr. Selous on a mule. 
