234 THE REDISCOVERED COUNTRY 



"Wonder what started them!" said Cuninghame. 

 Then we saw a black dog about the size of a pointer. 

 Paying no attention to the topi, he took after the wilde- 

 beeste. The latter loped easily, while the dog fairly 

 had to scratch gravel to hold his own. It looked like a 

 sure thing for the wildebeeste, but the dog was a 

 stayer. Farther and farther they went until they be- 

 came mere specks, and we had to take to our glasses. 

 About two miles away the wildebeeste dodged and 

 doubled, then ran through a herd. The dog never lost 

 sight of the one he was after, and paid no attention to 

 the rest. At last* the animal turned at bay, making 

 short lunges and charges, which the dog dodged, trying 

 to get in at the beast's hindquarters. Now for the 

 first time we noticed a savage running like smoke across 

 the arc of the circle the chase had taken. He was 

 stark naked, a fine figure, and carried nothing but a 

 bow and arrows. How he could run! We saw him 

 stop and discharge arrows, though it was too far away 

 to see them. The wildebeeste hesitated, and we saw the 

 little black speck of a dog leap for his throat. They 

 both went down in a heap ; and Cuninghame and I stood 

 up and cheered, though we were two miles away, and 

 could see nothing without the glasses. When we sat 

 down again it was over. The dog was sitting by the 

 carcase, and the savage was headed for a lone bush to 

 get materials with which to cover his prize for the 



* The chase lasted forty-two minutes. 



