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night. When the meat was ^^ bushed" he and the 

 dog started soberly for home. Now that was real 

 sport; it made us and our long-range rifles look pretty 

 cheap; and my only regret was that I could not get 

 acquainted with that bully pup! 



Fine Arizona-like light over the plains at sunset. 

 Cuninghame and I solemnly drank the Memsahib's 

 health in weak toddy; for to-day is an especial anni- 

 versary. 



Four and a half hours; lof miles; morning, 69; noon, 

 91; night, 77; elevation, 4,200. 



September 30. — Last night M'ganga, who under- 

 stands their language, overheard one of the shenzis say 

 to the rest: 



"We are now near home, and we have had plenty of 

 meat and very little work. Let us run away, and let 

 our wages go.'' 



Had up the lot, lectured them, and gave the ring- 

 leader ten lashes, which settled it. They were very 

 awestricken over our apparently magical knowledge 

 of their plans. 



Marched high along the slope of a mountain, all 

 rocky outcrops, boulders, huge cubes, obelisks, all 

 sorts of strange and fanciful shapes. Across the 

 valley, which lay dim and blue below, were rows of 

 separate peaks, each a perfect cone, spaced like huge 

 shark's teeth; and milky, indeterminate distances. 



We passed three villages perched among the rocks, 



