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whom we found sick in bed with fever. After we had 

 pulled up the Benogie hill, a large herd of zebras 

 crossed our path, making it necessary to stop until 

 the dust had settled. When it cleared away, we found 

 a baby zebra standing there all alone. Upon espying 

 us he came running to the truck, so Ted picked him 

 up. Austin was appointed nurse, and for several days 

 fed this Httle chap on a bottle. He was named Dapper 

 and became a great pet around camp. 



It takes only a short time for the jungle to regain 

 its own, and several days of work were required to put 

 Camp Simba into order again. We found the dining 

 shack standing at a slant due to the fact that white 

 ants were busily engaged in trying to consume the 

 timbers which supported it. At each meal they would 

 flavor our soup and other Hquids with fine sawdust. 

 Tliis was very annoying and vengeance was sworn 

 against them. 



We made a scouting trip toward the Blangetti, 

 paying a visit to an old water hole about eighteen 

 miles from camp. On the way we were successful 

 in filming several groups of giraffe. While stalking 

 a large herd of wildebeest to photograph them, a sud- 

 den change of wind gave them our scent and they 

 stampeded away in a panic, running through a group 

 of gazelles that happened to be in their fine of flight. 

 Wlien the dust had settled we found a young tommie 

 strugghng on the ground. The wildebeest had taken 

 these antelope by surprise and this little feUow had 

 failed to get out of their path. 



The whole country was teeming with buck, the 

 Thompson's gazeUes being in the majority. No 

 matter where we went, there were countless thousands 



