GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



told them to pull me up, which they tried their best 

 to do. But there were no branches for me on 

 which to get foothold, and my wretched boots 

 slipped down the trunk, leaving me dangling, just 

 being held by the arms by several natives. How- 

 ever, the minutes passed and so did the rhino ; it 

 was too late, so I slipped to the ground again and 

 took my rifle and started off down hill, in time to 

 see my husband coming out of the spot where the 

 rhinos had broken cover, and running for all he was 

 worth in the gory tracks of the huge beast, which 

 was snorting and making a terrible noise in the 

 distance. I ran, too, and was just in time to hear 

 another shot or two and to see my husband run up 

 and stand over the fallen brute ; the other mean- 

 while galloped off across my path in another direc- 

 tion. I came up panting and crying that the cow 

 had gone off in such and such a direction, but my 

 husband said, to my surprise ; " This is the cow and 

 the other is a nearly full grown young one ". 



The horns were an excellent pair, the long one 

 being twenty-nine inches. My husband was very 

 pleased, as it was well worth getting, and the record 

 for size in the regiment. The other was not worth 

 going after, and we heard its cry for hours, just 

 like a human being's. We left Saidi and the 

 head porter to cut off the horns, feet, and some 

 hide, and porters turned up to cut off meat for 

 themselves. That settled the question of moving 



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