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... cattle and a lot of them besides . Moreover , if any armed man approached anywhere near to the cattle I would shoot him dead . The cattle would remain there - between ourselves we could not have handled them - until the porters were ...
... cattle and a lot of them besides . Moreover , if any armed man approached anywhere near to the cattle I would shoot him dead . The cattle would remain there - between ourselves we could not have handled them - until the porters were ...
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... cattle . This was thought neces- sary as we did not know the cattle from any others , and also because it was almost certain that the Dodose notables would try to palm off their duds in place of the good Dabossan animals . Meanwhile I ...
... cattle . This was thought neces- sary as we did not know the cattle from any others , and also because it was almost certain that the Dodose notables would try to palm off their duds in place of the good Dabossan animals . Meanwhile I ...
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... cattle left with him . I was relieved to hear this , as these con- stant native palavers were taking up a great deal of my hunting time . The cattle soon arrived , drank up our small pool of water , and we pushed off all together for ...
... cattle left with him . I was relieved to hear this , as these con- stant native palavers were taking up a great deal of my hunting time . The cattle soon arrived , drank up our small pool of water , and we pushed off all together for ...
Contents
THE BODY SHOT AT ELEPHANT | 2 |
AFRICAN MEDICINE OR WITCHCRAFT AND ITS BEARING ON SPORT | 12 |
KARAMOJO I INTO THE UNKNOWN | 20 |
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Abyssinian African animals appeared arrived asked Bahr Aouck bank became began Boma boys brain shot Buba Gida buck buffalo Bukora bull elephant bullet bush bush cow calabash camp canoes carried cartridge cattle close Dabossa dead Dodose drink dry season Egyptian goose elephant hunters fire forest friends Gelo giraffe Goré grass ground head headman heard herd hippo huge hunt elephant ivory Karamojans Karamojo killed kind king knew Lado Enclave Lakkas Liberia lions loads looked Mani-Mani Mauser meat medicine miles natives never night numbers once oribi Pyjalé raid rain reached rhino rifle river rushed safari seemed seen Senussi shoot side sight skin slaves snare soon spear spot straight Suliemani Swahilis thick stuff thing thought told took tracks trade trail trees tribes trouble trunk shot Turkwell tusks Uganda village white rhino women yards