Lake Victoria to Khartoum 



come across a rhinoceros which it was strongly- 

 believed would turn out to be the rare Burchell's 

 or white variety. Plans were made for next day ; 

 it was determined to prolong our stay further 

 than was originally intended ; everybody was 

 talking animatedly at the same time ; in fact, it 

 was very difficult to get to bed, there seemed to 

 be such a lot to say ! 



Next morning the same parties sallied forth in 

 the same direction as yesterday, so that each 

 could have a try for what he had seen the day 

 before. We had not marched far before we 

 tumbled without any warning into a big herd 

 of elephant, some sixty or seventy, chiefly cows 

 and calves, however, and, try how we would in 

 the thick grass, we could not distinguish any 

 bulls. It was quite on the cards that they were 

 feeding away from the herd, and the climbing of 

 some huge trees did not throw any further light 

 on the important question whether there were 

 any shootable bulls or not. However, we hung 

 on, on the outskirts of the herd, till a crashing on 

 three sides of us gave us warning that we were 

 being surrounded, when we thought it time to 

 "shin out." After another hour's work we had 

 seen nothing bigger than a small bull, and so 

 decided to leave them and try our luck further 

 afield. We walked and walked and did no good, 

 so got back to camp in good time to go out again 



after lunch. 



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