BAGAMOYO TO MPWAPWA. 49 as far as the eye could reach, broken only on the distant horizon by some low conical hills. Leaving the edge of the plateau, we gently descended and, finally encamped at the foot of a small grassy hill near a spring of beautiful clear water. We were now in an uninhabited district, consisting of a high table-land with short grass, and having a broad belt of forest on its most westerly side, where it again became mountainous, some of the peaks probably reaching a height of from 6000 to 7000 feet above the sea. We were here in a veritable hunter's paradise. Soon after reaching our camp a herd of wild donkeys was seen about a mile and a half distant, and the interpreter, who was a good shot, went after them, but could not get within range because of the open nature of the ground. As seen through a telescope, they appeared larger than our English donkeys, and of a reddish-brown colour.

Early next morning we were on the move, as we had a long march before us, there being no water for six hours' journey ; the wind was bitterly cold, and we set off at a brisk pace. We soon became aware of the quantities of game in this district ; herds of antelopes of various species were seen, and the soil of the plain was full of the .foot-prints of giraffes, rhinoceroses, buffaloes, and other large game. Later on in the day I saw three elephants, the first I had seen in Africa, and at night the roaring of lions, the sharp bark of foxes, and the melancholy howl VOL. i. E