Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu (1897) (14778829732)

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Title: Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu

Year: 1897 (1890s)

Authors: Smith, Arthur Donaldson, 1866-1939 Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914 Simon, Eugène, 1848-1924 Pocock, R. I. (Reginald Innes), 1863-1947 Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932 Gregory, J. W. (John Walter), 1864-1932 Crick, G. C. (George Charles), 1856-1917 Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 Jordan, Karl, 1861-1959

Subjects: Smith, Arthur Donaldson, 1866-1939 Natural history

Publisher: London, New York : E. Arnold, 1897

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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as charging, and now Ifound myself fairly under the great head, with its longtusks pointed directly toward me. I never thought therewas anything so big as that head seemed to me just then,or anything more disagreeable looking than those tusks,which I felt were about to pin me to the ground. I couldonly give a sudden swing around the ant-hill, and then runas noiselessly as possible back again along the very pathdown which the elephant had charged. I kept dodging in and out among the bushes, and fora long time I did not know which way to turn, as everymoment the elephant could be heard crashing through thebushes, first one side of me and then the other. I felt surethe animal would scent me, as he kept moving around ina circle. At times he was only fifteen yards away. Soquietly did he move his great body along the narrow pathsthrough the bushes, that, although I would remain per-fectly motionless at times, I could not hear a sound exceptwhen the elephant proceeded to dance on the bushes.

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THE RHINOCEROSES PROMENADE. 339 I believed that Aden Aoule, whom I had left on theground by the ant-hill, had certainly been caught, and hadthus diverted the elephants attention long enough for meto get out of sight. Finally I managed to reach a tree,and I am sure that a sigh of relief escaped me when Ifound myself among its topmost branches. From mylofty perch I could now see the elephant walking aboutangrily near the ant-hill. He must have retraced his stepsseveral times to the spot where he had first made hischarge. It was some time before I saw the elephant disappearinto a distant wood, and I could descend from the tree tolook up Dodson and my boys. On going back to theant-hill I saw no signs of Aden Aoule, and made up mymind that he had escaped. Finally we all got togetheragain, and, to our great relief, found that none of us hadbeen seriously hurt. Karsha had flung himself undersome bushes, and had been struck in the side by one ofthe elephants feet as it passed him in its vain

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