A WILD SPOT IN THE BUSH. 



CHAPTER VII 



SEASONS AND SPORT AN EARLY MORNING ALARM- 

 IN THE TALL GRASS 



Native information Absence of elephants in the Undi country At Mpeseni 

 Nocturnal noises Hyenas Elephants crossing a river Alarming 

 proximity Trial with the 303 Female animal's rage and charge 

 Her death Capture of a young elephant Shooting at the head Last 

 fruitful elephant hunt in 1895 In the tall grass Varieties of tall 

 grass Death of the little elephant Difficulty of rearing animals in a 

 moving camp Change of country. 



WHEN you ask a native upon reaching a village if 

 there is sport in the vicinity, the question is never 

 understood in the sense in which you put it. He 

 answers invariably, " There are waterbuck, koodoos, 

 elands, wart-hogs, bush bucks, sable antelopes, etc., in 

 the woods." "Thanks: I know that. But in the 

 neighbourhood in fact, near this is there anything 

 (nyama)?" "Near here, yes. There are, in the 



