62 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
regard to the relation of the two sexes. They were very 
honest and trustworthy, and seemed to be desirous of 
doing anything they could to help a stranger. There 
were many lesser kudu in the country, —a bit of thick 
jungle three-quarters of a mile from camp being a fav- 
orite resort for these beautiful antelope. On the 30th of 
September we resolved to try to drive them, sending 
about forty men to beat the bushes. Fred was fortunate 
in securing his animal, which was a magnificent specimen, 
and he gives his story as follows : — 
“It was a very hot day, and as I rested my hands over 
the barrels of my rifle, a gorgeous butterfly came and settled 
on them, then flew away to a flower, and hovered around 
it, and came back. Birds were flying from bush to bush, 
making little flashes of color over the green foliage. 
“The men approached in a long line, making as little 
noise as possible. Happening to look behind me, I saw 
what I took to be an old dry branch of a tree. It seemed 
to move, however; so I watched closely, and soon made out 
the horn of a buck feeding behind a bush. It had passed 
me without my having noticed it, but now it was at my 
mercy, and the rifle rang out its death note.” 
On the rst of October two Abyssinians appeared as 
envoys from General Wal-da-Gubbra. They said that 
Emperor Menelek had appointed Wal-da-Gubbra king of 
this part of the country. \eshad returned froma, war 
down South, and was now in his town of Ginea, within two 
marches of our camp. He was angry at our not having 
given him notice before we entered his country, and as he 
could not understand what we wanted, he wished that I 
should visit him. I asked the messengers why their mas- 
ter would *not come. to us.  Phey replied) “Never; but 
if we would visit him, and let him see that we meant noth- 
ing wrong, he would do all he could to assist us on our 
