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On the flat I made two very long shots and killed two 

 wildebeeste of the new species described by Heller and 

 Roosevelt, one at 343 yards (shoulder, dead in tracks), 

 and the other alongside of him (343). This last moved 

 off very slowly, and I knocked her down, after one miss, 

 with a shoulder shot at 421 yards. 



The safari headed directly back for our waterhole, but 

 I made a circuit through the scrub in the course of which 

 I missed an impalla at 90 yards. 



In the afternoon I went out a half mile and killed 

 some guinea fowl. To-night the boys all slept up trees 

 on account of mosquitoes. In the night one fell out of 

 bed ! Three more Wasonzi showed up in hope of meat. 



Morning, 61; noon, 91; night, 69. 



July 30. — We now decided to put in our time before 

 the German customs official should show up on August 

 8th by going up river a distance in search of buffalo. 

 Accordingly we took a light outfit and put in a very 

 hard day's march through stifling scrub and all up- 

 hill. Very thorny and we had difficulty at times in 

 picking a way. We thought it hot, but I overheard 

 one porter saying to another, "Fine weather; just like 

 Mombasa." Saw a number of rhinos and baboons. 

 Just before the day's end, when everybody was feel- 

 ing pretty tired and subdued, men ahead began to 

 jump aside, dropping loads. Thought it was a rhino, 

 but immediately saw a small animal tearing directly 

 down the middle of the trail toward me. I had just 



