CHAPTER XV 
UNSUCCESSFUL RHINO HUNTS 
ALTHOUGH the jungle round Tsavo was a network 
of rhino paths I had never so far been successful 
in my efforts to obtain one of these animals, nor 
was my ambition yet to be realised. One day 
I was out exploring in the dense bush some six 
or seven miles away from camp, and found my 
progress more than usually slow, owing to the 
fact that I had to spend most of my time crawling 
on all-fours through the jungle. I was very pleased, 
therefore, to emerge suddenly on a broad and well- 
beaten track along which I could walk comfortably 
in an upright position. In this were some fresh 
rhino footprints which seemed barely an hour old, 
so I determined to follow them up. The roadway 
was beaten in places into a fine white dust by the 
passage of many heavy animals; and as I pushed 
cautiously forward I fully expected to come face to 
face with a rhino at every corner | turned. After 
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