Roosevelt's African trip : the story of his life, the voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the route through the heart of Africa, including the big game and other ferocious animals, strange peoples and countries found in the course of his travels (1909)
aces on the banks often where the big ugly brutes come out to roll. The easiest and best thing to do is to climb a tree before moonrise near this run or rolling place and wait until the hippo’s peculiar tooting challenge is heard or the noise of the great beast crashing through the forest or… … A BATTLE BETWEEN A BUFFALO AND A HIPPOPOTAMUS Though the enormous ungainly body is carried on very short legs, it is capable of considerable speed for a short distance on land and of swimming with perfect ease, and not only the rush but an attack with the heavy tusks placed on both sides of the…
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 · Game and game-birds -- Africa, Central · Big game hunting -- Africa, Central · Africa -- Discovery and exploration
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