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range he made a big detour, but eventually came 

 round almost to where I had first seen him. I 

 followed him all the time but could not get a shot as 

 there was a doe with him, and if I got out of sight of 

 one, the other was very much on the look-out. They 

 finally disappeared into a cup-shaped hollow and 

 fed round at the back of a little kopje. I had climbed 

 on the top of this when I heard Hassan whistle, and 

 looking round, saw a hyaena just emerging from some 

 rocks. I got him, and then, running to the top of the 

 knoll, found the Grant trotting forward within easy 

 range. The buck obligingly stopped and the next 

 minute fell dead. This was the second occasion on 

 which I witnessed another buck attack a wounded 

 companion. A smaller Grant with some seven or 

 eight does had been watching the two intruders, and 

 seeing one fall he rushed up and began prodding him 

 with his sharp horns. I was very much tempted to 

 shoot him for his unsportsmanlike conduct, but his 

 small head saved him. 



That night was the opening of the great Honey 

 Question, which exercised our minds for some days. 

 A note arrived from the Commissioner at the Govern- 

 ment station of Rumuruti saying that he had received 

 complaints from the Masai stating that their honey 

 was being stolen by our porters. We made inquiries, 

 but were told by Noah that our men were much too 

 virtuous to dream of stealing honey, and that it was 

 the Colonel's men, most unmitigated scoundrels, who 

 were the real culprits. Some of our safari looked 



