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ROOSEVELTS THRILLING EXPERIENCES . 
The death of the king of beasts seemed to awaken all the fire in the 
warriors’ blood. They began a dance of triumph around the body, wav¬ 
ing their blood stained spears, some of which were bent by the force of 
the shock; holding their shields above their heads, and shouting forth 
blood curdling yells in the excess of their savage joy over the victory. 
In the meantime the injured man was being given medical attention. 
He bore the pain of his wounds without a sign of concern. He who 
first had jabbed his spear through the lion joined in the dance at the 
start, but soon retired at a distance, where he seated himself, apparently 
indifferent to the antics of his fellows. He now was a leader of men, 
and must therefore not show sign that he had done anything out of the 
ordinary. 
ROOSEVELT DISCOVERS A NEW ANIMAL. 
A new animal was discovered in British East Africa by Col. Roose¬ 
velt. This new animal was first announced from the Smithsonian In¬ 
stitute, January 3rd, 1910, as having been discovered by the distin¬ 
guished hunter and party, is a hitherto unknown species of Otocyon to 
which officials of the Scientific organization have given the specific name 
of “Vergatus.” It is a small carnivorous animal closely resembling 
the fox. 
“Otocyon Rooseveltus” as a name for the new animal was suggested 
as being appropriate, and one which would have perpetuated the name 
of the former President as the discoverer of the new species, but Smith¬ 
sonian officials, fearing the discoverer would object decided to make 
the name which means ‘ ‘ striped . 9 
The otocyon vergatus is generally buff in color and has been found 
to differ slightly from otocyon megalptis which is found farther south 
in Africa, especially in color and in the characteristics of its teeth and 
skull. 
The otocyon is peculiar to Africa and is not represented in the 
United States but resembles in color the swifter kit fox of the western 
plains. The skull of this new form closely resembling that of the gray 
fox of our native fauna. 
This discovery is of special interest for the reason that compara¬ 
tively few new forms were expected from this region in Africa as that 
