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down to watch the proceedings. He made a 
beautiful stalk, which was rendered really very 
difficult by the open nature of the country, but 
still the wildebeeste quickly noticed his approach 
and kept steadily moving on, until at last they 
disappeared over one of the gentle rises which are 
such a feature of the Athi Plains. 
I still sat and waited, expecting every moment to 
hear the sound of Brock’s rifle. Some time elapsed 
without a shot, however, and I was just about to 
follow him up and find out how things were going, 
when Roshan Khan suddenly exclaimed excitedly :— 
“ Dekko, Sahib, shenzi ata hain!”  (‘ Look, Sahib, 
the savages are coming!”’). I was not in the least 
alarmed at this somewhat startling announcement, 
as the Indians called all the natives of the interior 
of Africa shenzz, or savages; and on_ looking 
round I saw five tall, slim Masai approaching in 
Indian file, each carrying a_ six-foot spear in 
his right hand. On coming nearer, the leader of 
the party eagerly asked in Swahili, ‘‘ What does 
the Bwana Makubwa (“ Great Master”’) desire ?” 
“Siobe (Lions ~ \ said I. 
‘“Come,” he replied, ‘I will show you many.” 
This filled me with interest at once. ‘‘ How far 
away are they?” I asked. 
“MM balt kidogo” (‘ A little distance”), came the 
stereotyped reply. 
