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marks, which turned out to be the work of a huge 

 elephant whose tusks and head were so heavy that as 

 he walked along he literally ploughed the earth up, 

 so that two furrows followed wherever he went. This 

 was meat for hunters, so we sat down and talked the 

 matter over. Outram suggested that the tusks of 

 that elephant would be worth a thousand pounds, 

 but Selous was a little more modest and put the figure 

 at £750. Personally, I could not say anything of 

 money values, but thought what a magnificent picture 

 he would make. I also discovered those elephants 

 paid visits from Kilimanjaro to the little pyramid- 

 shaped hill, which was some fifty miles away. 



On our return I found the little stream we had 

 photographed had increased its length by at least 

 three-quarters of a mile, and yet no rain had fallen 

 anywhere to account for it. This was a puzzle to the 

 three of us, and was never solved. We then turned 

 towards our camp, which was a four days' march. 

 On the second night, whilst we were lying side by 

 side on the bare ground under an overhanging rock, 

 I woke up with the most weird sensations and felt 

 as if a safari of ants were marching over me. I 

 whispered my apprehensions to Selous, but he wouldn't 

 believe me, and said I was mistaken. It became so 

 bad I wanted to strike a match, but this he would not 

 hear of, as we were close to the Germans, and being 

 terribly tired, I eventually fell asleep again. 



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