African game trails : an account of the African wanderings of an American hunter-naturalist (1909)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943 · [New York, C. Scribner's Magazine] · leaf 269
es of daylight left, scrub oak and big pods containing beans; and we followed hard on his trail, Kon- evidently these beans were a favorite food. goni leading. At first there was only an They fed in circles and zigzags, but tow¬ occasional gout of dark blood; but soon ard camp, until they were not… … formidable monster he looked. At forty yards I fired the right and then we heard him crashing among the barrel of the Holland into his head, and branches in thick jungle to the right. In though I missed the brain the shock dazed we went after him, through the gathering gloom, Kongoni leading and I…
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 · Hunting
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