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the obstacle. After an hour or so of hard travelling, 
we were delighted to see a rocket go up, fired 
by my friends to guide us on our way. Such a 
sight is wonderfully cheering when one is far away 
from camp, trudging along in the inky darkness and 
none too certain of one’s direction; anda rocket 
equipment should invariably be carried by the 
traveller in the wilds. Several more were sent up 
before we got anywhere near camp, and I remarked 
to Landaalu that we must have gone a very long 
Way iter =the eland. “Long way,’ he ‘replied ; 
‘why, Master, we have been to Baringo!” This 
lake as a matter of fact was fully fifty miles away. 
When finally we arrived I fired the ardour of my 
companions by relating the adventures of the after- 
noon and telling them of the wonderful herd I had 
seen ; and it was at once agreed that we should stay 
where we were for a day or two in the hope of 
good sport being obtained. ° 
As soon as it was daylight the next morning | 
sent out a party of our porters with full instructions 
where to find my eland, which I was sure must 
be lying somewhere in the thicket close to the hill 
from where | had shot him ; and very shortly after- 
wards we ourselves made a start. After a couple of 
hours’ travelling we were lucky enough to catch 
sight of a portion of the herd of eland, when 
we dismounted and stalked them carefully through 
