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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA chap. 



triumph, and he called out exultingly, '' Napata, 

 Bwana, napata' ("I have found him, master, I 

 have found him "). Hurrying after him down the 

 cliff I saw the huge beast stretched out in the 

 thicket, stone dead. He had evidently fallen over 

 the edge of the precipice to his present position 



" I TOOK SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ELAND." 



among the undergrowth, where it was quite im- 

 possible to see him from the spot on which I had 

 stood at the top. 



I immediately sent Abbudi at his best pace 

 to camp to bring out twenty porters to carry 

 back the head and meat, and also to fetch me a 



