[In Africa by John T. McCutcheon]@TWC D-Link bookIn Africa CHAPTER IX 17/29
I seldom drink wine, because I'm rather particular about the kind of wine I drink.
We have some champagne with us, but the thought of drinking hot champagne in this country is unpleasant. Sometimes, when I can get wines that just suit my taste, I drink a little, but never much.
The three drinks of brandy are all I've had in Africa, and I'm sure that I've not taken one in the last four months. They had all sorts of stories out about me before I left Washington--that I was drinking hard and that I was crazy.
I may be crazy," he said, laughing, "but I most certainly haven't been drinking hard." The luncheon was a merry affair.
Heller had been out in the swamp in front of the camp and had shot some ducks for luncheon. "On my way in," said the colonel, "I shot an oribi, but when I heard that Heller had shot some ducks I knew that my oribi would not be served." It was evident that the most thorough good fellowship existed among the members of the colonel's party.
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