230 THE REDISCOVERED COUNTRY 



We both had exactly the same experience: heaps of 

 game, but if a single head caught sight of us and ran, 

 every other creature went, too, without waiting to see 

 what it was about. Then others saw them moving, and 

 followed suit, until the whole country for miles was off. 



By luck I saw a wildebeeste looking over the skyline 

 of a hill at me. I could only see his head and neck, and 

 had to shoot standing, but landed him, by luck, at 2 1 1 

 yards. Dropped in his tracks, but when I went up I 

 found him diseased! and so left him. On the way 

 back to camp came on a zebra around the corner of a 

 bush, and laid him out at 104 yards before he had re- 

 covered from his surprise. Cuninghame got nothing. 

 At noon he was suddenly taken with an attack of fever 

 that sent him to bed. Spent the afternoon writing, read- 

 ing, taking care of Cuninghame, and being amazed at 

 the men who "played soldier," just like small boys, 

 with unflagging zest for a solid two hours, drilling with 

 sticks for guns. Weather very damp and sultry. 



September 28. — Cuninghame laid up with his fever, 

 so I started off early and made a complete circuit of the 

 hill where we had seen the roan the day before. The 

 rocky hilltops are charmingly wooded in little thickets 

 and groves, with openings between. Saw plenty of 

 Nakuru hartebeeste and some duiker, beside the usual 

 topi, zebra, and wildebeeste. Also caught sight of 

 smoke from shenzi campfires about two miles away. 

 Killed a topi for meat at 146 yards. 



