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knocked her down. She was up again in an instant, 

 however, and galloped off after the other as if unhurt. 

 They both of them soon settled into a trot, but a 

 rhinoceros trots as fast as an eland, and although 

 we ran as hard as we could, we did not get near them. 

 The dogs having heard the shots, now came rushing 

 past, and were soon barking and jumping up at the 

 ears of the rhinoceroses. However, they pursued 

 the even tenor of their way, never stopping to fight 

 with the dogs, and having crossed the open valley, 

 were soon lost to our sight in the bush beyond. 



Early the following morning we again inspanned 

 and trekked on, but as I thought that there was 

 a chance of finding the rhinoceros cov/ we had 

 wounded the previous evening, I saddled up my horse 

 and rode on her spoor, but after following her for 

 several miles, and finding she had never once stopped, 

 I gave it up and returned to the waggons, which I 

 found outspanned. I will take this opportunity of 

 remarking that I have found it, as a rule, of very 

 little use following either elephants or rhinoceroses, 

 however desperately they may have been wounded, 

 unless, indeed, one of their legs has been injured ; 

 for these beasts, unlike other animals, do not go 

 and stand, but walk on and on until they drop. 

 This, I say, I have found, atter considerable experience, 

 to be the rule, though, of course, it is not an invariable 

 one. On reaching the waggon I found that Clarkson 

 had just shot an eland bull which he had seen as he 

 was trekking. 



Early on October 1 5 we reached our camp on the 

 Umfule, and found that our friends Cross, Goulden, 

 and Wood were still away hunting near Intaba 

 Insimbi, between the Umfule and Zweswe rivers. 



On the 1 6th, taking with us provisions and corn 



