A BUFFALO HERD.

companied us more than a few miles farther. We gave Langay a good present. I feel sure that any Englishmen wishing to shoot in that country would be certain of a kind reception by the people, if they only treated the people judiciously; at the same time, of course, letting them see that' they were on their guard against any possible duplicity on their part. They were soon convinced that we meant them no injury, and, when we parted, told us they would be very glad to see us again ; that we had procured them meat to eat, and added that they hoped, next time we came, we would bring them plenty of cotton cloth.

The heat began to increase very much. We had been glad, after dinner, to draw our chairs round a blazing fire, but the evenings had become so warm now that we required no fire, and were glad to sit in our pyjamas. The early mornings were, however, still cold ; and then our blankets proved most welcome.

The day we left Wo Ammar, we started well ahead of the caravan, as we were anxious to see some pools of water at a rocky spot in the Gash, which we had missed in going up, by cutting off a bend in the river. We were rewarded by seeing some fine mehedeJiety which, however, made off before we could get a shot at them ; but William shot a fine buck nelhct as he was returning from one of the pools. Late in the afternoon, on approaching the Gash, we observed a large fire, and volumes of smoke in front of us ; one of our horsemen declared it had been made by some Base in order to drive buffaloes out of the high grass. Hardly were the words out of his mouth, when we saw a great cloud of dust, towards which we rode in all haste, anxious to discover the cause of this unusual phenomenon. We soon perceived a herd of some thirty buffaloes, led by a large bull, all galloping off as hard as they could tear. We pursued them as well as we could, for some distance ; but our horses were not up to much pace, and, being late in the after-