AX'ith riashli-ht and Rifle -^ 



egcrs, and her young l)irds had (ejected their foster- 

 companions into the river, therein to be drowned ! 



Having by this time famih'arised myself with the 

 telephoto apj)aratus, I succeeded in taking a number of ex- 

 cellent photographs of fringe-eared antelopes {O/y.v (■a/Zol/s). 

 This entailed a very interesting but fatiguing pursuit, 

 as the antelopes, whose young ones had put in an 

 appearance only a few weeks before, were very sin . 



In the course of an expedition together one; da)" 

 Prince Lowenstein and I were suddenly surprised bv a 

 discharge of guns, which causc-d us to tire off ours, so 

 as not to run further into danger. The discharge came 

 from the Askaris of a heliograph detachment, which was 

 on its way coastwards trom Kilimanjaro, and which, 

 having lett the caravan-track, was relying tor provisions 

 upon the big game they got en roiilc. 



Most of our peoj)le soon went l)ack with great stores 

 of maize which we had laitl in at Ruroto for the pro- 

 visioning ot our caravan, and as zebras were to be met 

 with as well as antelopes, ostriches, and other big game. 

 we proceeded slowly upstream in order to give the 

 Prince his wished-tbr chance of sport, while I busied 

 myself with m\- photography. 



'Ihe heat atlected us more and more. The grass 

 dried up, and the ground split in the ri\-erd)ed from the 

 dryn(;ss. Locusts of \arious kinds belonging to the 

 genera ScJustoccrca and Pac/iylyliis made their appearance 

 in immense quantities, marabous lying in wait tor them 

 in long rows on the velt, otten with storks to keep 

 th(!m c()m[)an)-, 



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