THE TANA RIVER 



had been got ready the animals had disappeared, 

 and we could not find them again until they 

 suddenly bolted from some cover a few hundred yards 

 in front of us. We then looked for rhino, but could 

 find none. Later in the day I built a " blind " under 

 a tree, hoping to get some bird pictures. I went in 

 to watch, whilst Clark and the men waited some 

 distance off. Plenty of birds came around, but none 

 alighted. Clark took a turn later, but had been in the 

 " hide-up " only a short time when I saw a rhino 

 across the valley heading towards us. We took the 

 camera and started out to meet him. At first he came 

 straight for us, and when he was within fifty yards I 

 exposed several feet of film, but a moment later he 

 got suspicious and bolted. We found a new water-hole, 

 the main one, not far from our camp, where animals 

 evidently came to drink at night. It was much used, 

 so we put up the flash-light camera. In the evening 

 a lion roared a few hundred yards from our fire, but 

 we had no luck in photography. 



VI 



The Tana River is one of the places I shall always 

 remember. By merely closing my eyes and calling up 

 the old memories I can see again every detail of the 

 scenery. It is quite unnecessary for me to look at 



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