HunterIn his forty-five years in British East Africa, the author has acquired the reputation of being the greatest of white big game hunters. His job was to shoot man-killing lions, to track down rogue elephants, and to destroy disease-spreading buffaloes and cattle-killing leopards. |
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Page 186
... Mulumbe , my head boy , in much the same way the lady of a house would discuss matters with the cook . But the conversation became somewhat monotonous . Myself : What soup do we have tonight , Mulumbe ? Mulumbe : Rhino soup , bwana ...
... Mulumbe , my head boy , in much the same way the lady of a house would discuss matters with the cook . But the conversation became somewhat monotonous . Myself : What soup do we have tonight , Mulumbe ? Mulumbe : Rhino soup , bwana ...
Page 216
... Mulumbe as quickly as a lost scent stops a hound . The ridge rose high out of the brush , naked except for a few rocks and pebbles . Mulumbe would find an occasional pebble that had been disturbed by the rogue's great feet , but it is ...
... Mulumbe as quickly as a lost scent stops a hound . The ridge rose high out of the brush , naked except for a few rocks and pebbles . Mulumbe would find an occasional pebble that had been disturbed by the rogue's great feet , but it is ...
Page 217
... Mulumbe aside and started toward the gap almost at a trot . Suddenly I felt Mulumbe give the back of my jumper a quick tug . I stopped . I could neither hear nor see anything . Mulumbe was holding his head sideways , one ear toward the ...
... Mulumbe aside and started toward the gap almost at a trot . Suddenly I felt Mulumbe give the back of my jumper a quick tug . I stopped . I could neither hear nor see anything . Mulumbe was holding his head sideways , one ear toward the ...
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