With Flashlio-ht and Rifle -^ 



AlKuit ci^lit days after, somt'thine;' squeaked in the cigar- 

 box in his room where he had |uit the eggs. At first 

 he believed it to be some mice, but he soon discovered 

 that several crc^codiles had broken out o\ their eggs,, 

 having managed to do withcnit sunlight during the last 

 davs ot the hatching period. 



We have very little information al)out the breeding 

 ot crocodiles, especiadly of the African species. This- 

 is easily e.vplained by the great shvness of the animals. 

 They are shyer in some regions than in others. They 

 are sometimes much less so. for instance, in a large lake- 

 like \'ictoria \\an/a. In the large bavs to the south 

 ot this lake I found numbcTs of them on the sand-banks. 

 They and the hip]:)opotamuses li\-ed there seeniingiy on a 

 triendlv tooting with tlie n,iti\e fbshc-rmen. 



It by night the fishing for crocodiles afforded us so 

 much diversion, the da\s passed uneventfullv in the Buffalo 

 Camp. I made sexend shotting e.xcursions along the 

 right bank of the river, towards the hills on the Nyika 

 frontier. From the plentiful supply of waterbuck I secured 

 some unusuallv fine specimens. 



It seemed as if 1 were never gcnng to meet with the- 

 buffaloes. At last mv W'andorobo saw a herd of about 

 thirty head at davbreak. ami were able to notice how 

 they hiad lain down in some small swam])s verv tar from 

 my Ccunp. In two heurs' time- I w.is on the spot. 

 The wind was very strong, in one direction, and altogether- 

 favourable;. Once again I attemptcnl to aj)proach the 

 buffalo herd. Still in vain I I was up to m\ knees in 

 the soft black ooze of the swamp. Cautiously I strove. 



