OUR SECOND SAFARI 



and always eager to go out with my husband on the 

 chance of finding something. The wretched one- 

 eyed boy who came along to tell us Baruku had 

 taken his boys, was sent off with a flea in his ear, as, 

 when he found his youths did not turn up, he de- 

 clared Kiboso had his knife and three rupees which 

 Kiboso had already handed over to the runaways. 



By this time we were quite friendly with the 

 original porters who started with us, and they took 

 a great interest in our vicissitudes, enjoying seeing 

 us capture others. 



Next morning, in spite of all our care, we found, 

 after having eaten a hearty meal, two of the young 

 braves and the boy I let off the rope had decamped 

 during the night ; so we could not strike camp and 

 move on ! 



Therefore we had to set the porters to waylay 

 others, while my husband and I went to our old 

 camping ground in the midst of the elephant and 

 rhino tracks, and even beyond ; it was a long pull 

 for us ! We got a bushbuck, which we sent back 

 by three boys, a fairly good specimen. At first 

 Saidi always seized the liver and kidneys of any 

 animal we shot ; but finding those parts excellent, 

 we made him feast on other portions of the beast, 

 he had such a tremendous capacity for eating. 



On our way back we came across a terrible 

 smell, which proved to come from the remains of a 

 rhino — from its nose, we judged a young one. We 



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