W^ith riashlio-ht and Rifle •^ 



one cow. Our joy was Intense over this piece of rare 

 luck, and we camjjed near the river in order to undertake 

 the preparation of the skins. I)y puttin^^ forth all our 

 efforts we succeeded, in spite of the burnino^ sun. in 

 making- really valuable zoological specimens of them, and 

 thus saving them for science. The cow was pregnant, 

 the young being ot a dark coftee-colour. We were able 

 to treat its skin successfully also. These operations called 

 forth the best efforts of every one in the caravan ; and it 

 was a matter for great .satisfaction that they were crowned 

 with success. 



Here I may give the measurements of the l)ull. The 

 length of the skin from the niLizzle was 4 metres ; the 

 greatest girth, round the belh'. 3'6o ; the skull weighed 

 25 kilos; that ot the cow, 15. 



As rain set in, we had to salt the skins. The animals 

 were, as usual, covered with ticks [Khipncplialits appcu- 

 diculatns), those pests of the African buffalo. 



So, by good luck, I held at last seen a herd of buffaloes 

 by daylight out in the open ! Until then I had never 

 beheld a buffilo except in thickets or among reeds. 

 We reflected mournfully on th(; time when, before the 

 devastations ot the rindc-rpest, such a sight was to be 

 encountered diily in th(;se regions of East Africa. 



Two days later the Prince brought down a male 

 giraffe, but we did not succeed in preparing the skin. Likt' 

 all males, it had five projections from its forehead. Its 

 measurements were as follows: Length of line from nose 

 to the longest of these forehead projtictions, SS centimetres; 

 length of ])rojections, 22 centimetres ; circumference of 



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