BRITISH EAST AFRICA 187 



I was off at dawn on the morning following our 

 arrival at the junction, and had the most horrible luck 

 all day, my only compensation being a nice Grant. 



We found three Oryx Beisa as a start and I 

 began stalking them. The particular oryx round 

 the Guaso-Nyiro are a local race, resembling in their 

 face-markings the Oryx Callotis found farther south. 

 The dark stripe on the face comes right down below 

 the under jaw ; that in the ordinary Oryx Beisa 

 finishing above the line of the mouth. However, 

 a sketch will show what I mean better than any 

 verbal description. They are extremely handsome 

 animals, standing about four feet at the shoulder, 

 and very fast and graceful movers, though somewhat 

 heavy-looking when not in motion. They are hard 

 to approach, and have a curiously sullen look when 

 facing one, owing to the dark markings on the head. 



I had got within five hundred yards of those 

 I was after, when I noticed what I took for a huge 

 pig coming over the hill behind them. It turned 

 out to be a rhino. In certain aspects they look 

 very " piggy." Just as I was getting within range 

 a herd of zebra came careering over a low ridge 

 and off went the oryx. 



I then discovered Burton's syce with the pony 

 strolling along in full view "watching the Bwana 

 stalk an oryx ! " He didn't wait long ! 



After about 10.30 A.M. game are usually shelter- 

 ing under some tree or bush, and are very hard to 

 get near. Zebra and oryx especially are almost 



