no LIFE WITH THE H AMR AN ARABS. 



left, in the direction they were lying. The wounded 

 one, however, hardly went a yard before he faced round 

 upon me, and with head high in air looked like meaning 

 mischief; but another ball entering the front of his 

 chest cut short his career, and he fell heavily to the 

 ground uttering a faint cry, and was dead before Essafi 

 reached him. 



The eight-bore therefore, on this occasion, with 

 a charge of seven drachms of powder, most certainly 

 did its duty. The addition also of Messrs. Silver's 

 vulcanite pad proved of decided value in diminishing- 

 the recoil, a point of no small importance when firing in 

 a very cramped position, and when the second barrel has 

 rapidly to follow. So far this pad has not been the 

 least affected by the heat, as I was assured by the 

 patentees, and their advice has been carefully attended 

 to not to allow greasy things to touch it. Essafi's 

 delight over the death of the rhinoceros was great, but 

 so anxious was he to hurry me home that I had n6 

 time to examine my prize carefully or take his measure- 

 ments. We galloped most of the way back so as to 

 t>e in time for the camel-men to return there with 

 Essafi to-day, but before doing this he could not resist 

 applying for the stipulated backsheesh of two dollars. 

 We have agreed to give the following rate of backsheesh 

 to our hunters for the first we kill of certain animals 

 viz,, elephant, two dollars ; lion, two dollars ; rhino- 



