CHAPTER V 



A FRUITLESS LION HUNT 



Our march across the Yatta Plateau to the 

 Kwamutuku stream was a short one of only about 

 nine miles. It was a delightful country to ride 

 through, and every yard of the route proved inter- 

 esting. On the way we were charged viciously, 

 but without damage, by several rhino ; indeed we 

 saw in all no less than ten of these interesting and 

 quaint-looking animals on this short stretch of our 

 route. The country for the most part was undulat- 

 ing, beautifully grassy, and interspersed here and 

 there with groves of trees, through which game 

 of various kinds could be seen moving about. I 

 counted roughly some 300 kongoni (hartebeeste), 

 about fifty zebra, and ten waterbuck, but I only 

 observed two Thomson's gazelle, and did not see 

 a single specimen of the beautiful and graceful 

 Grant's gazelle. 



At our camp on the Kwamutuku we were visited 



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