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In Africa : hunting adventures in the big game country (1910)

McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949, McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949, inscriber. DSI, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co. · leaf 156

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IN AFRICA 112 looks terrifying, but in reality is probably badly terrified himself. He would give a good deal to know which way to run, and finally becomes so ex¬ cited and nervous that he starts frantically in some direction, hoping for the best. If this rush happens to be in your direction you… … Trying to Provoke a Charge my opinion that the rhino is too rattled to know what he is doing, and, instead of charging mali¬ ciously, he is merely trying to get away as fast as possible. And in such cases the hunter blazes away at him, wounds him, and the rhino blindly charges the flash. It was our…

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