With J'hi^hli-ht and Riric 



to hrinL;' them ii|), as was the: case also with a numhcr of 

 other animals iJi'ocured tor the station b}' the nati\'es, who 

 were under orcl(_Ts to hand o\'er the Noiin;^' ot all animals 

 taken by them. 



Captain Merker had three splendid s])ecimens of tht: 

 white-tailed iruereza [Co/oluis tiu^a/ns) ('auL^ht tor me b)- 

 natives. We wanted to see whether I could not brin^- 

 them back to Eurojje alive. Unfortunately 1 did not 

 succeed in this, dd.e i^uereza which I myself got hold of 

 in 1900. a male, and wh.ich I presented to the Zoological 

 Gardens at Berlin, is still the only living specimen in 

 Europe. 



At last, after continual down[)ours, there came a really 

 tine day soon after the departure of the Prince and Captain 

 Merker, and I availed myself ot it to set forth from 

 Moshi on m\" march to the Njiri swamps, intending to 

 pitch my camp b\- the Himo Ri\-er. 



On the same tlay the nati\es told me of two large 

 bulbelephants which had been observed for some days 

 past in the neighbourhood of the station. I did not like 

 to interfere in anv way with the elephantdiunt which 

 the acting commandant of the static^n hael at once 

 orofanised ; but 1 should have been Ljlad to seize the 

 opportunit)' both of photographing the ek:phants in such 

 bright, sunny weather, anil also ot s(^curing one of them 

 fbr a museum. This could onl\' be done in the: neighbour- 

 hood of a station. .So l)ig an undertaking would fail 

 out in the open tor lack ot tacililies. I 'ntortunately 

 l)oth elephants were shot in such a wax (as was also 

 an immense bull-elephant, which tell to tlu; ritle ot 



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