In Untrodden Paths 



as if it led in the right direction. After doing 

 this continually one really gets to think as a 

 native does of time — that it doesn't matter. So 

 if you do go out of the way for two or three 

 miles it is all the same in the long run, and 

 some good shooting may be picked up by the 

 mischance. 



On the march first of all comes " master," with 

 a guide who says he knows the locality, and two 

 or three gun-bearers ; then, a mile behind, come 

 half the escort of soldiers, close in front of the 

 porters with the baggage. These again are 

 followed by the remainder of the escort, whose 

 business it is to keep the porters closed up and 

 hurry on the laggards. By this formation, if 

 game is met with on the way, you have a decent 

 chance of getting in a shot without the animal 

 being frightened away by the noise and chatter 

 of your men, to say nothing of the strange and 

 dreadful-looking packages they carry on their 

 heads, some of which are enough to frighten any 

 proper-thinking animal out of his senses. A 

 signal from either side of the track, if anything 

 should have been killed, will bring up the whole 

 " safari " (caravan) helter-skelter on the chance 

 of obtaining the much-coveted "nyama" (meat). 

 The tit-bits — the tongue, kidneys, and saddle 

 of an antelope, for instance — are by common 

 consent always kept for " master," so he never 

 worries himself, except to see that all meat is 



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