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Title: The Tanganyka Territory
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: F.S. Joelson
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Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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en dogs to live long. Tonorth, south, east and west, according to the seasons,herds of elephants roamed at will; in the river thatflowed but a short distance away sported hundredsof hippos, ready to yield their quota of second-gradeivory ; while rhinos charged blindly through the broadexpanse of bush to the south. To shoot any and allof these big brutes was a matter merely of nerve andskill, attributes in which he was not defective. Formeat he had the choice of an epicure—the tasty dik-dik,the larger impala, one of the gazelles, haartebeeste,wildebeeste, giraffe, bush pig, bush buck, kudu, andany of the other animals that find their home in theEast African wilds. Here were all to be discoveredwithout undue trouble. It was a hunters Eden. Down in the river one could swim where it wasshallow and where a barrier of rocks fenced off a naturalbathing pool. Higher up, lower down, and directlyopposite crocodiles hved and moved and had theirbeing; here their unwelcome presence was not to be
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CROCODILES AND BATHING 77 feared. The simple, credulous natives believed firmlythat medicine kept the loathsome reptiles away ;in reality it must have been the swiftness, shallowness,and noise of the stream rushing over the many rocks,for it is in deep, quiet pools that the evil monsterslove to lurk. What a relief to strip off at the end ofa burning, oppressive day and to plunge in perfectconfidence into the limpid waters ! It is noticeable that natives of tribes that do notdwell alongside a river are not keen to avail themselvesof opportunities of swimming, though they will profitby the occasion to wash themselves from head to foot.Slowly they move forward into the stream, until itreaches half-way to their knees. Having laved theirhands and wrists with meticulous care, they scoop upand drink several handfuls of water before proceedingwith their ablutions, over which they are not longdetained. Curiously enough, they never fail to drinkbefore bathing in running water, even though they

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