72 THROUGH ANGOLA 



repitcii camp, and hunt in the neighbourhood for a 

 i'ew more days. 



Leaving my men to arrange camp, I took a 

 couple of natives and hunted the forest for many 

 miles south of the river, and in the direction from 

 which the sable tracks appeared to come ; but 

 though we found a good deal more spoor, did not 

 come across any sable. We went out in the even- 

 ing south-east of the village in a direction where the 

 villagers said that the sable slept during the day. 

 The wind, however, was capricious and gusty, 

 and we saw no sable, though we came across a 

 good deal of spoor, including that of two big bulls. 

 On a grave near the village we found the skull 

 of a sable, and on passing the village itself in the 

 evening, I was shown a small bush near the Chief's 

 house, which was covered with skulls of hares, 

 duiker, genet, ratels, and other animals which I 

 was unable to identify. Tracking, hitherto difficult 

 owing to the hardness and dryness of the soil, 

 should be easier after the first rainfall, which had 

 been threatening for some days. 



