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but in cloudy weather they at times have quite a 

 brownish tinge. She (for it was a cow) was on the 

 alert, but we managed with the aid of various trees 

 to get up to within seventy yards, though it took 

 us quite three-quarters of an hour to cover the last 

 two hundred. She moved uneasily round a small 

 mimosa, but at last exposed her shoulder and I fired. 

 She ran forward evidently badly crippled, but a 

 few minutes later turned towards where we lay and 

 another shot killed her. A sketch of her head appears 

 opposite. 



The next day we cleaned the head and on the follow- 

 ing morning moved camp to the Engobit River, an 

 easy day's march. Here we were visited by a number 

 of Masai who came in from a neighbouring village. 

 They were fine-looking men, and as easily entertained 

 as children. A looking-glass kept them amused for 

 a long time, and the click of a camera shutter sent 

 them into convulsions. I was doing a drawing of a 

 family party of rhinos, in which they were immensely 

 interested. Burton tried to snap them while they 

 were watching, but as soon as they saw what he was 

 after they bolted like rabbits and hid behind a tree, 

 from which nothing would induce them to stir. They 

 had daubed their faces with streaks of ochre. One 

 old gentleman had a large white patch over one eye, 

 and might have been first cousin to the great " White- 

 eyed Kaffir." He had some curious ivory ear orna- 

 ments made of hippos' tusks. 



The following day we left this camp, meaning to 



