2 28 THE REDISCOVERED COUNTRY 



about forty yards away, snorted indignantly, and trot- 

 ted ofif, his tail and head up. Found tsetse. 



At three we went scouting over the hills and through 

 the valleys, which here are stonier and more rugged than 

 any we have seen for some time. All this country is 

 well elevated, so that occasionally we get glimpses afar 

 to lower levels. Much game, but still very wild. It is 

 so abundant that you cannot stalk one beast without 

 being seen by a hundred others, so shooting is very 

 difficult. By sheer luck I managed to find a lone zebra 

 lost from his friends, and calling for them in the most 

 indignant fashion. Managed to sneak him, and downed 

 him with two shots at no yards. A little farther I 

 shot an oribi for ourselves at sixty. 



Then we came to another valley in the green pas- 

 tures of which grazed a big herd of wildebeeste. This 

 lot I managed to stalk because I was above them, and 

 got to within 250 yards, from which point I hit one in 

 the heart. At the sound of the shot a cheetah that had 

 been lying under a tree, probably waiting a chance for a 

 calf, jumped to his feet and made off. Missed the first 

 shot, but landed the second "running deer" fashion, 

 through the heart, 200 yards — sheer luck. 



While the men attended to these Cuninghame and I 

 went to look for water and by chance stumbled on a 

 craftily concealed Wasunyi "shooting box." It was 

 no temporary affair, but had well-built bandas, racks 

 for drying meat, etc., and could be found only by 



