HUNTING AND HUNTED IN BELGIAN CONGO 



put into the larger sailing boat Kisingiri, together with 



most of the loads. P and I with the cooks, personal 



boys, guns and ammunition, went aboard the smaller 

 craft Good Intent, a whale boat about thirty feet long, 

 fitted with a sail. On the top of the awning, the crew 

 had spread out a selection of fish cut open to dry in the 

 sun. It had already been there for some days, and 

 smelt accordingly ! There was not a breath of wind at 

 the start, so the Swahili crew had to pull at the oars 

 until we rounded the point and stood out in the lake, 

 when a light breeze partially filled out the sail. This 

 was a signal for the " Sea Dogs " to have forty winks. 

 I do not think we covered five hundred yards in a solid 

 hour. The sail flapped idly. Perched behind us, com- 

 pletely isolated by the awning flap, was the coxswain, a 

 powerfully built Swahili, who was crooning to himself 

 about Zanzibar, in a monotonous strain. It seemed 

 that he was singing away about his family, in far off 

 Zanzibar. I threw him a banana with which he amused 

 himself for some minutes, taking the greatest pains in 

 pulling off the skin. He was quiet for a moment, and 

 then the dull droning reverie commenced again. There 

 was scarcely sufficient wind to fill the sail, I lay back 

 watching the lumps of papyrus grass floating past us 

 towards the river. In front of the boat, Wanaka was 

 lying curled up with his marching impedimenta still 

 on him, water bottle, belt, knife, haversack, fez cap, and 

 cotton shirt. That was all ! 



An old tracker named Sabawa, who was evidently 

 suffering from the effects of sun, talked wildly of elephants, 

 what he had done and was going to do. Oh yes ! he 

 knew where the large bulls were to be found. It after- 

 wards proved that he knew nothing of the sort. 



The cooks were busy getting the lunch ready. Monica 

 sat upright staring straight ahead. He was clad in a 

 fez cap, an old Harris tweed waistcoat, and a pair of 



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