HUNTING THE AFRICAN BUFFALO 87 
and followed the herd, moving very quietly at first, 
then breaking into a gallop. 
On the following day toward evening we came up 
again with the herd in the same region. As we first 
saw them they were too far away for us to choose 
and shoot with certainty. We managed to crawl to 
a fair-sized tree midway between us and the herd, 
and from the deep branches picked out the young 
herd bull of the group. When we had shot and he 
had disappeared into the bush, a calf accompanied 
by its mother gave us a fleeting glimpse of itself, with 
the result that we added the calf to our series. 
The herd disappeared into the bush and after a few 
minutes we descended from our perch and inspected 
the calf, then started off in the direction the wounded 
bull had taken, and found him lying dead just a few 
yards away. 
This completed the series, much to our great joy, 
for by this time we were thoroughly tired of buffalo- 
hunting. It had been along, hard hunt, and our safari 
as well as ourselves were considerably the worse for 
wear. To shoot a half-dozen buffaloes is a very sim- 
ple matter and ought to be accomplished almost any 
day in British East Africa or Uganda, but to select 
a series of a half dozen that will have the greatest 
possible scientific value by illustrating the develop- 
ment from babyhood to old age is quite a different 
matter. 
These buffaloes of the Tana country that we found 
on the plains and in the bush apparently rarely or 
never go into the swamps, a fact not only confirmed 
