102 WILD LIFE AMONGST BEASTIES though tanned and shaded by the big burneto, or pith helmet, must show plainly in the brilliant sunlight, and an occasional glint of the sun on the spectacles betrays the presence of a moving object to the game.

A difficulty with one's Arabs at first lies in enforcing silence after a kill ; many a time it is possible to find game within a reasonable distance even after the noise of two or three shots, but, unless sharply forbidden, the sight of meat lying at their feet appears too much for their feelings.

Later in the afternoon I saw a herd of roan antelope moving slowly to the bush at the far side of the maya.

It became a matter of doubt who would reach the point first ; I, with the disadvantage of being half a mile behind them, having to make a long halfcircle in the busli, cautiously and quietly.

Anxiously I peered through the openings, finding the herd still moving steadily on, and now abreast of my position, a neck-and-neck race. Back into the bush again, but some eddy of wind had told them of danger, and, slightly hastening their pace, they streamed into the forest 200 yards ahead of me, their lumbering gallop taking them quickly through the trees and out of view.

I saw few snakes in this country, but on our return journey, with a second hartebeest, my men gave a sudden cry, and a few yards ahead a large snake darted away to its hole, wherein a portion of its body was visible.