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Circa Date
1911-1912
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“the sentimentalists who prattle about the peaceful life of nature do not realize its utter mercilessness”
The curious “lily trotters” or jacanas running across the lily pads
“If they (hippos) are found in a pool with little cover & if the shots can be taken close by from firm grassland there is no sport whatever in killing them.”
The bulbuls sang well
3 men who had been mauled by lions informed me that the actual biting caused them at the
moment no pain whatever
In this part of Africa where flowers bloom & birds sing all the year round there is no such burst of bloom & song as in the Northern spring & early summer”
Saw the heavens redden & the sun flame over the rim of O
Ostrick (male) averaged 263 lbs, hen 240
Koodoo handsomest & stateliest of all the Antelopes
We several times followed honeybirds which in each case
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