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back. I promptly planted a .465 where the shoulder 

 ought to be. The beast leaped to his feet and rushed 

 in our direction. My second barrel in the chest 

 turned him. Cuninghame gave him both barrels in 

 the side, and he came down within fifty yards. An- 

 other in the spine finished him. He was a good big 

 one, five feet two inches at shoulder, and eight feet 

 eleven inches in straight line, as he lay, from nose to 

 rump. We ordered the old savage to rustle to camp 

 after men, but he told us earnestly that he was very 

 old and very tired. This was true; we had not realized 

 that he had been doing pretty strenuous work for so 

 aged a man. Therefore we left him to sit by the 

 bufi'alo, sent Sanguiki to camp for men, and went 

 on. 



Hunted hard for eight hours more, always on fresh 

 spoor, stooping double in hot thickets, crawling, 

 scratched by thorns, and generally working hard. Had 

 lunch under a shady bush where a whole lot of little 

 monkeys scouted us thoroughly. On the way home I 

 killed another impalla with the .465 (carry only heavy 

 guns after buff) at 90 yards. 



In camp we found everybody with heads freshly 

 shaved in the most marvellous designs. Collected 

 some of the most fantastic for a picture. M'ganga's 

 tent accidently burned up. He is most heartily 

 ashamed ! Potio men back, accompanied by nine more 

 Wasonzi after meat. Our fame as providers is spread- 



