CHAPTER XXVII 



BACK TO THE GUASO NYIRO 



It was with ereat thankfulness that we shook the 

 dust of Nayssoe from our feet when we set out on 

 the following morning for our next camping-place at 

 Lungaya. I left some of my men behind to load 

 up and bring on the camels under the guidance ot 

 Karogi, who knew the country thoroughly. All 

 went well on our march, except that a huge rhino 

 charged the safari and vented his rage upon a 

 water-can which a porter hastily threw down in 

 escaping out of his way. 



The man who had been carrying the tin told me 

 that what actually happened was this. While 

 walking along with the w^ater-can on his head, a 

 rhino burst out from a thicket immediately behind 

 him. ' To avoid the charge, he made a frantic 

 bound forward, which of course threw the tin 

 backwards from his head. Just as it fell the 

 rhino made a lunge, caught it on the tip of his 



