AFRICAN REPTILES 179 



same instant shouted: "Snake!" The python 

 fairly bounded over the bank and into the 

 water, almost colliding with the gun bearer, who 

 the next instant came rushing up to me, his 

 eyes bulging from their sockets. How long the 

 snake was I cannot truthfully say, but, as I saw 

 four feet of it and my gun bearer six, I figured 

 that it was either forty-six or sixty-four feet 

 long. 



It developed later that I had made a "double 

 shot" when I fired at the spur-fowl, for one 

 of the porters had strayed ahead of the line of 

 beaters and had been struck in the arm by one 

 of the spent shot. After the drive was over he 

 sought me for an explanation, at the same time 

 exhibiting the shot which he had picked out of 

 the skin. I told my tent boy to tell him that 

 if he had obeyed orders and kept in line he 

 would not have been shot. Although it was a 

 slight wound, I gave him thirty-three cents a 

 rupee and he went away quite jubilant. 



Another interesting reptile that we found 

 very common in certain sections of Africa was 

 the horned or "rhinoceros" chameleon. This 

 creature is about eight inches long and has three 

 horns, an inch in length, protruding from the 



