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grown. As Jones and I stalked them with cameras, 

 rushing here and there to get into a position where a 

 good picture could be taken, our two gun boys tried 

 their best to keep close at hand, but twice when the 

 cow lost her temper and snorted in our direction the 

 boys made short work of getting into a high perch, 

 leaving us sans guns and too tired to run. 



The cow kept circhng until she got our wind, then 

 with a loud snort, kicked up her heels and made tracks 

 too fast for us to follow. The ca,lf also made tracks, 

 sometimes getting in its mother's way, only to be 

 pushed almost off its feet. Upon regaining its equilib- 

 rium it would then make a frantic start, soon over- 

 taking its mother, and so they disappeared from sight. 



Things had happened so fast, and I wa,s so keen to 

 get pictures, that I had httle time to make notes of 

 the animal itself, so we started in search of more white 

 rhino, taking a long circle toward camp, which would 

 carry us near the Nile. We came upon many water 

 buck and some Uganda kob, but no rhino. 



There was still about two hours of dayh'ght left, so 

 Jones, taking my heavy rifle and some boys with him, 

 trekked along the Nile bank in the opposite direction 

 from which we had just come. He found a place only 

 a short distance away that was teeming with buck, 

 while buffalo were plentiful. Wounding a buffalo bull, 

 he started in pursuit, then had an experience which is 

 interesting as proving how Httle is known about the 

 distribution of some African animals. We had been 

 assured by several men, who undoubtedly thought they 

 knew the facts, that there were no common, or black, 

 rhino in the district inhabited by the white members 

 of the family. 



