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however, very difficult to approach, for he sleeps very 

 lightly anrl hears exceedingly well, so that the slightest 

 noise, the hreaking of a twig or the rubbing of the branches 

 against the hunter's hat, clothes, or shoes is enough to 

 wake him up and arouse his suspicions. Instantly he is 

 on his feet, and usually manages to get away so quickly 

 anrl so cautiously that the hunter in most cases only hears 

 him darting thrmigh the dense bush, without having a 

 chance to ]jhotograph or shoot him. 



"Fhis has been my own experience time and again. Na- 

 tive trackers have told me repeatedly that they were sure 

 they could lead me up to buffaloes, which they had seen 

 at close quarters, for these naked savages can creep 

 through the most dense bush apparently without the slight- 

 est noise; and yet again and again I myself failed to find 

 them, when we started out together. 



One day a Wandorobo came running into camp at 

 about two o'clock in the afternoon, just as I was returning 

 from a long and successful hunt for water bucks to get 

 my lunch and rest a little. He told very excitedly that 

 he had been tracking a small herd of buffaloes all day, 

 until they finally had lain down to sleep under some big 

 trees in a very dense forest, only about three miles to the 

 south of our camp. He further said that there was one 

 " very, very large old bull " with magnificent horns among 

 the herd, and that he could easily take me up to within ten 

 yards of the creature. 



After such a tale, of course, I could not take the time to 

 sit down and eat, and so, picking up a piece of bread and 

 half a roasted guinea fowl, I started off at once for the 

 buffaloes, taking the gun bearers and about a dozen fresh 



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