Identifier: daringdeedsintro00feat (
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Daring deeds in the tropics. A thrilling narrative of remarkable adventures, terrible experiences, amazing achievements and important discoveries of great travelers in southern climesYear:
1894 (
1890s)Authors:
(Feather, A. G.) (from old catalog)Subjects:
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 Livingstone, David, 1813-1873Publisher:
Philadelphia, J. E. Potter & coView Book Page:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:roportions; and, if there had been noelephants, I could have exclaimed, like Duke Alex-ander of Gordon when he killed the famous old stagwith seventeen tine, * Now I can die happy/ But Ilonged for an encounter with the noble elephants,and I thought little more of the giraffe than if I hadkilled a gemsbok or an eland. And in another place he describes his second suc-cess with the camelopard : We now bent our steps homeward. We had notridden many miles when we observed a herd of fif-teen camelopards browsing quietly in an open gladeof the forest. After a very severe chase, in the courseof which they stretched out into a magnificent widelyextended front, keeping their line with a regularityworthy of a troop of dragoons, I succeeded in sepa-rating a fine bull, upward of eighteen feet in height,trom the rest of the herd, and brought him to theground within a short distance of the camp. TheBechuanas expressed themselves delighted at my suc-cess. They kindled a fire and slept beside the car-Text Appearing After Image:THROUGH THE WILDS OF AFRICA. it^g cass, which they very soon reduced to bil-tongue and♦narrow-bones. Mr. Cummings first successful encounter with ele-phants was one of the most exciting of all. It is thusrelated: Having followed the spoor for a short distance,old Mutchuisho became extremely excited, and toldme that we were close to the elephants. Two orthree men quickly ascended the tallest trees thatstood near us, but they could not see the elephants.Mutchuisho then extended men to the right and left,while we continued on the spoor. In a few minutes one of those who had gone ofito our left came running breathless to say that hehad seen the mighty game. I halted for a minute,and instructed Issac, who carried the big Dutch rifle,to act independently of me, while Kleinboy was toassist me in the chase. I bared my arms to the shoul-der, and, having imbibed a draught of aqua pura fromthe calabash of one of the spoorers, I grasped mytrusty two-grooved rifle, and told my guide to goahead.Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.