"
"But still, Samuel, you will permit me to indulge that
fancy a little. There is no harm in renewing our stock of
provisions. Besides, before our departure, you held out
to me the prospect of some superb hunting, and thus far I
have done but little in the line of the Andersons and Cummings."
"But, my dear Dick, your memory fails you, or your
modesty makes you forget your own exploits. It really
seems to me that, without mentioning small game, you
have already an antelope, an elephant, and two lions on
your conscience."
"But what's all that to an African sportsman who sees
all the animals in creation strutting along under the
muzzle of his rifle? There! there! look at that troop of
giraffes!"
"Those giraffes," roared Joe; "why, they're not as big
as my fist."
"Because we are a thousand feet above them; but close
to them you would discover that they are three times as
tall as you are!"
"And what do you say to yon herd of gazelles, and
those ostriches, that run with the speed of the wind?"
resumed Kennedy.
"Those ostriches?" remonstrated Joe, again; "those
are chickens, and the greatest kind of chickens!"
"Come, doctor, can't we get down nearer to them?"
pleaded Kennedy.
"We can get closer to them, Dick, but we must not
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