VII 



A CHANGE OF BASE 



THE buffalo is inclined to roam about and changes 

 his base quickly when disturbed. Having failed 

 to get buffalo the first morning at Tinga Tinga, there was 

 little prospect of success later. We had brought our 

 supplies up from Fort Hall and decided to cache thirty 

 loads here under charge of two porters and an escara. 

 That done, we started with the rest upon a two days' 

 trek to other buffalo territory. 



Hyenas are very numerous. They are held in supreme 

 contempt by everybody. They are scavengers, are 

 mangy, dirty, and covered with sores. They come into 

 your camp and into your tent and will steal anything, 

 even your boots. Their howl embraces several notes, 

 is plaintive and rather musical. I heard several all 

 about us and very near to the camp, and the escara had 

 hard work to protect the provisions we left behind, and 

 was much relieved when they were sent for, having used 

 all his ammunitiofhr-4An^ escara, by the way, is 1m arme< 

 ^guard7 a negro, and he may shoot in defense of the 

 property left in his charge. Negroes are not allowed to 

 have guns or use them, with the exception of escaras 

 and a very few chiefs who are granted Licenses bj 



vernment. 



