-* Stalking Hxpeditions in the Nvika 



Now we come; upon two sand-grouse (Plcroc/cs c.\~its/its) 

 which rise far from the water in front of us, hut soon 

 plunge in again not far oft with a splash. But when; has 

 the long-sought pachyderm got to ? The sun's rays have 

 already begun to slope westward when suddenly, on a very 

 open space under a little acacia-tree, the rhino becomes 

 visible. It has settled down, according to its custom, with 



its hinder parts close against the trunk, and its head forward. 

 Now for a test ot nerves ! Accompanied only by im most 

 trustworthy followers I approach the beast as cautiously as 

 possible, and as it happens, for a wonder, not to be beset 

 by ox-peckers, I succeed in getting up to within sixty 

 paces. It at such moments one looks behind to give the 

 gun-carrier a whispered order of any sort, it is intensely 

 interesting to observe his staring, excited I, tee, which has 



