CHAPTER VI 



August 4. — Out and off before daylight to get the 

 2,300 feet of straight-up escarpment behind us before 

 it should get too hot. Hard climb, and we sure per- 

 spired some! Every Wasonzi was draped with spoils. 

 Don't suppose they have ever before struck, or ever will 

 again strike, such luck — ^meat, hides, sinews, fat ! They 

 could hardly navigate. 



Made our rhino camp at the top in four and one half 

 hours. The afternoon Cuninghame and I spent in pre- 

 paring our papers for the Government in re customs, 

 and in constructing a surveyor's protractor. We made 

 an excellent one which we have used successfully since. 

 In its construction we employed a mica from the can- 

 dle lantern, a pair of scissors (as compasses), a darn- 

 ing needle, an envelope, the thermometer sHde, steel 

 tape, and a pocket compass. The air seems cool and 

 grateful at this altitude. 



Morning, 73; noon, 80; night, 66. 



August 5. — Started on a cool day for a fine march 

 back to the Wasonzi. A mile or so from camp I killed 

 two kongonis, by a right and left off-hand at 237 yards, 

 dead in their tracks. The Wasonzi took charge, as 

 these were intended as a final gift. A little farther on 



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