-* Buffaloes and Crocodiles 



to penetrate the sea of reeds. These reeds were so thick 

 and high and impenetrable that I found it impossible 

 to reach the animals. Only grass-green, luxuriant reeds 

 grew in the marsh. There was not a single tree-trunk 

 anywhere near the buffaloes. At last I managed to get 

 to a spot pointed out to me by a Wandorobo who had 

 nimbly climbed a high tree to my rear. Then I saw 



WE CAME UPON HUNDREDS OF SKULLS OF BUFFALOES PROOFS OF THE 

 IMMENSE NUMBERS THAT FELL VICTIMS TO THE RINDERPEST 



that only a close shot would be of any avail, but such 

 an attempt would be sheer suicide. After much hesita- 

 tion I returned to my men, and myself climbed a high 

 acacia-tree. But even from here I could not clearly 

 make out the whereabouts of the buffaloes. I decided 

 then to startle them with a shot in the air. Then began 

 an indescribable tumult among the reeds, a great swaying 



