Identifier: discoveryoflakes02hhne2 (find matches)
Title: Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von
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Publisher: London : Longmans, Green & Co
Contributing Library: Natural History Museum Library, London
Digitizing Sponsor: Natural History Museum Library, London

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her was de-lightful for walking now ; and we were able at last to campwithout the dust which had bothered us so long. Our march had been interrupted by an elephant huntwhich lasted for several hours. Soon after starting the Counthad come upon a strong young bull; but for want of coverhe had had to fire from a considerable distance. Bleedingfrom the trunk, the animal moved slowly off, and as he keptnear the beach. Count Teleki followed him, although thecaravan had gone on. For a considerable distance the quarryremained from 200 to 300 paces off, receiving a bullet fromhis pursuer every now and then. Presently, however, heturned inland, where a few isolated acacia bushes afforded theCount a little shelter; but he was not brought down till hehad been struck by six bullets from the 8-bore rifle and fourcharges from the 577 Express rifle, none of which at first ^ The heaviest tusk Jiimbe Kimemeta ever met with vt^eighed 264 lb., and three•others which he once brought home weighed 220 lb.
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6 DEC 21 A CRITICAL MOMENT 145 appeared to have made the shghtest impression on him, forjust before he died he seemed about to charge his enemy. Atthe same moment a rhinoceros had suddenly dashed out, andthe Count found himself in the uncomfortable dilemma ofhaving to choose between the trunk of an elephant and thehorn of a rhinoceros. It was a critical moment; but the issuewas fortunate. Count Teleki saw at once that the latter wouldreach him first, so he fired at the new-comer to begin with, notonly making it swerve aside, but causing the elephant to turnround. As the shot rang out, the sorely wounded animal stag-gered away a few paces, and fell. His tusks weighed 121 and128 lb. Later, our men found the dead body of the rhinoceros. During the afternoon a herd of female elephants withyoung ones went down into the lake near the camp, and re-mained for a long time standing still with the water up to theirbellies, rooting up seaweed with their trunks, from which theyshook the water befo

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