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Title: The lake regions of central Africa. A record of modern discovery
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Geddie, John, 1848-1937
Subjects: Rivers -- Africa Africa, Central -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) : T. Nelson and Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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g for its prey near the springor above the forest track, will perhaps drop down ona man who passes underneath ; the buffalo, if it thinksit is being surrounded, will make a mad charge toescape; or the elephant, if wounded and brought tobay, or in defence of its young, will turn on itspursuer. A rogue elephant or buffalo, who hasbeen turned out of the herd by his fellows for somefault or blemish, and becoming crusty and ill-naturedby his solitary life, has been known to make anunprovoked attack on the first creature, man or beast,that presents itself to his sight. Thus, one savageold bull-buffalo furiously charged a native of Living-stones party in the ascent of the river in I860, andthe man had barely time to escape into a tree whentin- huge head came crashing against the trunk witha shock fit to crack both skull and tree. Backing alittle, he came on with another rush, and continuedthis butt practice until seven shots were fired intohim. But, as a rule, every untamed creature flees in
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CHARGED BY A BUFFALO. Page 242. SUBLIME SCEXERY. 243 terror on sighting, and still more on scenting, red-handed man. The voyage by river is also not without its dangers.From the parallel hill-ranges, rocky and forest-cladhills jut out at intervals, and round these the streammakes magnificent sweeps. At more than one placeit is hemmed in by high walls of rock, between whichit rushes in a swift current for many miles. In thesegorges are to be seen the finest scenery on the river.In the time equivalent to our autumn, especially,when the deciduous trees that grow out of everycranny, and cover the rough face of the crags with ascreen of foliage, are painted with gorgeous tints ofvermilion and yellow, and these tints are contrastedwith the dark hues of the evergreens and the freshgreen of the trees that are coming into leaf, and whena setting sun is throwing its level light down thepass, the scene is such that no European imaginationcan picture. But still more grand is it in the period of t

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