60 UGANDA AND THE EGYPTIAN SOUDAN.

the leg, stands and stamps until the limb becomes quite disabled. For this reason, the knee shot is by far the surest and best for killing African elephants, the forehead shot being seldom successful.

From Khor-el-Hamir the ground rose 200 feet till we came to some curious rocks, where we halted, and from which there is a splendid view towards the Xile. Below was an undulating country, sloping towards the river, and covered with vast fields of dhurra and sem-sem, beyond which could be seen the mountains of Yurvira and Feleve ; and to the north a curious rock on which, by the help of my telescope, I could descry the huts where we were to camp. After a little rest the men, who were short of food, marched on very quickly, and I followed more slowly, a good winding path leading us to the bottom of the fantastically shaped crag. A very difficult road leads to the Shuli village, which is situated on a ledge of rock about two-thirds of the way up. Owing to the injury to my leg, I was unable to climb to the top, which I estimated as about 120 feet higher than the village. The aneroid gave 27-5 inches, 22S0 feet, at the foot of the hill, and at the village 26-89 inches, 2870 feet.

The huts were neatly constructed of basketwor.k, but had very small low doorways, and they were infested by rats. These tormentors robbed me of part of my boots and of all my breakfast, which, unfortunately for me, had been cooked over-night.