64 Wild Life in Central Africa. 



Next day I sent most of the meat off to Dua's village, not 

 very far away, and in the afternoon I packed up my kit and 

 went off to camp in that village, as I wished to try for a 

 second elephant in the vicinity. 



I also sent off some men with meat to my camp on the 

 Bua River, and told my cook, Yakobo, to bring a lot of 

 women back to help carry more of the meat. 



Then I went off to try to find a small herd of buffalo I 

 had seen on the morning of the i8th, and which I had left 

 alone, as I was looking for elephant spoor at the time. 



The buffaloes had evidently been frightened by the shots 

 fired at the elephant, and it is possible that the smell of the 

 dead animal had reached them, as such a perceptible smell 

 may doubtless be carried by a strong wind for many miles. 



While looking for the buffaloes, or their fresh spoor, I saw 

 a large herd of sable antelopes, headed by a fine horned 

 bull, and I spent some time watching him feeding. As I 

 had still hopes of finding the buffaloes, I did not attempt to 

 shoot him, so I left them undisturbed to go on with their 

 grazing. However, I might as well have had a shot, for, 

 after tramping about all the morning, I failed to find the 

 buffaloes or their fresh tracks. 



While coming back to the tent I saw a warthog boar and 

 fired at him, and he ran hard for about fifty yards and fell 

 on his side. He was an old fellow with very thick tushes, 

 which, however, had been worn very short. 



Warthogs are very prolific animals, and they would need 

 to be so to hold their own, as they are not only much 

 hunted by the natives, but lions and leopards must kill 

 great numbers of them. I must admit I like shooting at 

 them, as they present a fine target for a white front sight, 

 and I am always on the look-out for a good pair of 

 teeth, as I think they are nice trophies. 



Central Africa is a network of native footpaths, and it is 

 impossible, in most parts of the country, to go for many 

 miles without striking a path. Many other paths branch 

 off, and, if the traveller is being followed by carriers, it is 

 usual to mark the path that should not be taken by 



