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horn, and with this unusual trophy vanished into the 

 bush ! I daughingly told him that it was the best 

 excuse I had ever heard for getting rid of an un- 

 comfortable load, but that he must now return 

 and bring in the tin. On this he loudly asserted 

 that his tale was true, and brought forward a couple 

 of witnesses to bear him out. 



Everyone turned up safely in camp during the 

 afternoon, but there was no sign of the camels. 

 When night came on and they had not put in an 

 appearance, I began to feel anxious, for they were 

 carrying the greater part of the foodstuffs for the 

 safari, as well as several other important loads. 

 We did not want any water carried on this march, 

 as we knew we should find it at Lungaya, so to rest 

 the men I had loaded up the camels with many of 

 their burdens. 



Early in the morning I sent an askari and one of 

 my guides back to Nayssoe to find out what had 

 happened, telling them to follow me to Kavai, 

 where I intended to go at once with the safari. 



On our way to this place we saw numbers of 

 giraffe, rhino, gerenuk, Grevy zebra, and oryx, also 

 fresh tracks of elephant. I half hoped that when 

 we reached Kavai we should find the camels already 

 there before us, as it was possible that Karogi might 

 have known a shorter way and so missed us, but there 

 was no sign of them anywhere on our arrival. 



