Hunting. 47 by hiding himself behind an ant-hill, while Anson fired several times without any result.

The hunt was hardly begun, so to s})eak, when the weight of our booty was too much for us to carry.

"We were just going to send a soldier to call someone to help us, when we saw four natives running towards us, armed with lances. We halted to await them, convinced that, though armed, they certainly did not mean to make war on us. They also stopped at some distance, and gave us to understand that they desired to have the blood and the intestines of the animals we had killed. "We took the skin and the best part of the tetal, and offered all the rest to the savages, if they would carry the arjel to Meshra for us. Having resumed the hunt, we killed two other tetals and two bustards (Otis Kori).

From this day till 'July 4th Ave did nothing but hunt ; the natives grew accustomed to see us, and at every report of a gun came in troops to claim their share. The soldiers fared sumptuously, and we regaled ourselves on beefsteaks which the gourmands of London and Paris would certainly have envied. The tetal weighed from 230 to 280 English pounds ; some even amounted to 300, but their flesh is not so delicate as that of the arjel and gazelles.

We lost an entire day pursuing five magnificent giraffes, which were so timid that we could not approach nearer than five hundred yards. Of the buffalo, elephant, wild boar, lion, and leopard, we saw frequent traces, but at this time they had all gone inland because of the heat and the myriads of mosquitoes which obscured the air. From our tent we often heard the roar of a lion who had come down to the river to drink, and Haggi, one day, firing his two shots at a wild ox, saw a lioness take flight from near where he stood.

Jidy 4. — I Avas returning from the hunt in company Avith Anson, Avhen, in the darkness, someone put his hand on my shoulder and asked me how I was.