380 AFRICAN CAMP FIRES. 



The type at Narossara, and even in Lengetto, was 

 the common Coke's hartebeeste, so that between 

 these closely allied species there interposes at 

 this point only the barriers of a climb and a 

 forest. These animals and the zebra were the 

 most plentiful of the game. The zebra were 

 brilliantly white and black, with magnificent 

 coats. Thompson's and Roberts' gazelles were 

 here in considerable numbers, eland, Roosevelt's 

 wildebeeste, giraffe, the smaller grass antelopes, 

 and a fair number of topi. In the hills we saw 

 buffalo sign, several cheetah, and heard many 

 lions. 



It had been our first plan that C. should 

 return immediately to V.'s boma after supplies, 

 but in view of the abundance of game we de- 

 cided to wait over a day. We much desired to 

 get four topi, and this seemed a good chance 

 to carry some of them out. Also we wished to 

 decide for certain whether or not the hartebeeste 

 here was really of the Neuman variety. 



We had great luck. Over the very first hill 

 from camp we came upon a herd of about a 

 dozen topi, feeding on a hill across the way. 

 I knocked down the first one standing at just 

 250 paces. The herd then split and broke to 

 right and left. By shooting very carefully and 



