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Afterwards we again started, and A sighted 



three bull hartebeest feeding on the edge of the 

 forest. 



The wind was right; and as a number of large 

 ant-heaps made stalking fairly easy, he was able to 

 get within a hundred yards of them unperceived; 

 and seeing from the top of the ant-heap on to which 

 he had climbed that the heads were good ones and 

 of about the same size, he shot all three before they 

 had time to move. 



With all this meat it was necessary to stop at 

 once, so we pitched our tents at the edge of the 

 forest and sent to the nearest villages to tell the 

 chiefs we had plenty of meat and wanted flour in 

 exchange. Our messages brought in a fair supply 

 towards evening, but not as much as we had hoped. 

 We were getting into rather a "hungry" country as 

 regards grain. There was great feasting in our 

 camp that night. 



The following day we marched along the Karuzi 

 river, rising very gradually all the way till we 

 reached the level of Chetunde Hill, and encamped 

 in the forest near the telegraph line, and about half 

 a mile from a large village, our altitude being three 

 thousand six hundred and fifty feet. The morning 

 was damp and foggy, but the weather improved 

 later. We only saw a herd of roan, and were very 

 glad when our journey came to an end, for it had 

 been considerably longer than usual, in view of the 

 short march of the previous day. The chief proved 

 very friendly, and reported that there was game in 

 the neighbourhood. He promised us efficient 



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