142 THE REDISCOVERED COUNTRY 



Among these were several big reservoirs of good water 

 in locations inaccessible to the game. We followed it 

 up for some miles. Found some klip-springers. There 

 are no cliffs hereabouts for them to spring on, so the 

 poor deluded beasties live down in the stream-bed and 

 there leap "from crag to crag." Came on one sud- 

 denly, and startled him so that he fell off into a pool 

 and had to swim ashore. Here also saw bushbuck 

 and roan. Giraffe numerous. 



Swung back along the broad low crest of the height- 

 of-land. Game tame. About 3 :oo p. m. and to north- 

 east of my landmark rocks found a lovely spring of 

 clean, cold water with low palms, and blue lotus 

 flowers, and flaxen high grass all around. Some strata 

 set knife-edge fashion prevented the game from getting 

 at it. This looked good, so I sat down and sent a man 

 with instructions for Ali to pack up and move over here. 

 While waiting I shot a Tommy for meat (about 100 

 yards), and took compass bearings to locate the water. 

 Tsetse all along this ridge. Saw rock hyraxes to-day 

 and sing-sing. Got interested in counting game, and 

 made a tally of 4,628 head, aU day, actual count. 

 Beautiful, quiet, and peaceful sunset over the dark and 

 illimitable plains. 



Ten hours; 20J miles; morning, 58; noon, 85; night, 

 66. 



August 29. — Spent all day scouting to eastward and 

 southward. Loads of game, and another water — duly 



