'-9t Buftaloes and Crocodiles 



besides un the fish they caught. They were evidently 

 there to hunt the Ijuflaloes, and to watch their move- 

 ments l)y taking up their position in trees, whence 

 they could spy out their extraorelinarily well-hidden 

 refuees, which durincy the drought were chietly in the 

 marshes. The heads and horns of the buffalo are valuable 



goods, as they are much coveted by Europeans as 

 " shooting trophies ! " 



One of these natives was brought to my camp. At 

 first nothing could be got out of him, but alter a great 

 deal of parley he decided to giv(' me some information. 

 He told me that a short while before six blacks armed with 

 breechdoading rilles had waylaid some buffaloes in the 

 vicinity of his little plantation. These men had informed 

 him that they had been sent fVom the next station, Rusotto. 



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