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and they spent the night in hovels which they con- 
structed in various places around camp, the chief 
characteristic of which was a limited space which 
insured crowding and a roof which would keep off the 
rain. 
The first day after we reached the Saddle Camp 
we went on a fruitless hunt up and down the slopes of 
Karisimbi. With the guides cutting a path as they 
20, a party does not cover a great deal of distance ina 
day. Nor is there any need for fast going, for the go- 
rilla does not range far, nor even when pursued does he 
go fast. On the other hand, even after the guides have 
cut a “‘path” the going 1s sufficiently difficult under- 
foot and so precipitous in these mountains that a 
march of five or six miles is a fair day’s work, espe- 
cially fora sick man. We saw no fresh signs of gorilla 
on this first ladies’ hunt. We did run on to a buffalo 
trail, but we did not come up to the animals, probably 
because of the fact that I was not very keen about it 
as it was very dense country and not at all the sort 
of place in which to hunt buffalo with ladies. 
The next day we went up the slopes of Karisimbi 
farther to the west. We had not been out of camp 
more than an hour and a half when I stopped to 
make a panoramic motion picture of the wonderfully 
beautiful view of the surrounding country. Just as I 
was about to begin cranking, a signal from the guides 
who had gone on ahead resulted in our going quickly 
to them where they pointed out moving bushes a little 
distance down the slope. We followed the guides 
rapidly for a short distance, down on our hands and 
