22 THE REDISCOVERED COUNTRY 



then marched across a broken volcanic plain south of 

 Suswa. Memba Sasa stayed to help with the donkeys, 

 and Kongoni accompanied me in advance to pick up 

 meat. We were here in the game reserve and were not 

 supposed to do any shooting, but in view of the terribly 

 hard work the men were performing Cuninghame's 

 judgment was in favour of shooting a really necessary 

 beast or so. Later we would report the fact to the 

 Game Department and obtain official absolution. 



Kongoni's conversation was most engaging as he told 

 me all about a number of safaris he had been on since 

 last we met. 



"Now," said he in conclusion, "when you were here 

 before, you shot well. See that you shoot well now," 

 with which admonition he fell silent and dropped be- 

 hind. 



Heard a lion up near Suswa, and saw many fresh 

 tracks. The sky was thinly overcast. Saw a good deal 

 of game of the following species : Roberts' gazelle, im- 

 palla, zebra, eland, kongoni, steinbuck, ostrich, guinea 

 fowl, and spurfowl. The grass is very long. When 

 near the next water I fired my first shot this trip at a 

 gazelle at about 200 yards. It was a miss, but shortly 

 I killed one at 155 yards. This settled our own meat. 

 Next, for the men, I hit a zebra at 260 and brought him 

 down by a good long one at 377. The last was very 

 lucky, but it pleased Kongoni immensely. He clapped 

 me on the back. The safari came along, picked up the 



