With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



hunters, and organise shooting expeditions, but keep in 

 the background, having learnt -wisdom by unfortunate 

 experiences. It is noteworthy that in the neighbourhood 

 especially known to me, they never dared to take any 

 women when the hunt promised to be a very successful 

 one. They are accustomed on approaching the elephants 

 to take off nearly every particle of clothing, and carefully 

 rub the whole body, especially under the armpits, with 

 earth. In this they follow the example of the prey 

 they pursue. There is no doubt that the elephant and 

 rhinoceros wallow in the mire, and put sand on their 

 bodies, for the same reason that the Masai people rub 

 themselves with ochre and grease, namely, to keep off 

 parasites. These hunters possess a large store of 

 knowledge about the habits of the animals they hunt, but 

 at is exceedingly difficult to get them to disclose any of 

 their secrets. This they will only do when one manages 

 to be regarded as their colleague. Otherwise they prefer 

 to give currency to the most incredible fables. 



About the year 1896 the native "political agent" of 

 the station at Moshi, who hailed from Kavirondo, and 

 was named Schundi, unfortunately had the monopoly of 

 the elephant-shooting in the Kilimanjaro. His people 

 traversed the whole district in large bands. The less 

 practised and trustworthy people of the company provided 

 the caravans with wild game of all kinds, the best shots 

 devoting themselves to the elephants. At some springs 

 I found dozens and dozens of rhinoceroses, murdered 

 by these " Makua." T ne Y a l so succeeded in destroying 

 numbers of giraffes, much sought after on account of their 



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