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the cover, per se, is very slight. The direction of the 

 light has little to do with it. They are quite invisible 

 where the neutral-coloured kongoni are plainly seen. 

 Even the natives often overlook them at less than 100 

 yards ! 



At three o'clock Cuninghame and I sauntered up into 

 the hills to pick up men's meat, if possible, and to see 

 what we could. We found ourselves in a broken, hilly, 

 brushy country, semi-mountainous, again like Califor- 

 nia coast ranges. A few Roberts' gazelles in an open- 

 ing atop a round hill and two giraffe were about the 

 size of it until late, when we made out a herd of zebra 

 on the mountain opposite. I sneaked over, stalked 

 within range, and missed through the brush. The herd 

 clattered away up the side hill, dodging in and out the 

 brush. Catching a glimpse of a darker object, I took 

 a quick sight and had the luck to bring it down dead at 

 310 yards. It proved to be a fine old bull wildebeeste 

 that had strayed off with the zebra ! Think of a wilde- 

 beeste far within the mountains, in thick cover, and 

 miles from the nearest plains! 



Leaving the men to take in the meat, we went home 

 along the top of a very high ridge, or mountain range, 

 enjoying the cool sunset and the view far abroad over 

 the land. On this extreme summit we found impalla 

 and kongoni in numbers! Three years ago I should 

 certainly have considered country of this nature as 

 probably quite barren of game. Change of habitat 



