JOURNEYING TO THE KILIMANJARO 



Heavy rains in the tropics, while they further vegeta- 

 tion, are, on the other hand, breeders of disease. Dur- 

 ing the damp weather most Europeans are apt to 

 fall victims to malaria. The animals, food and 

 water being plentiful, were running all over the 

 country. 



Prince Loewenstein succeeded in shooting several 

 antelopes. The immense flocks of storks were of great 

 interest to him. Soon they were to start on their 

 homeward flight towards his — and my — beloved father- 

 land. 



We followed the Rufu River and pitched our tents 

 after a few days' march. Here Prince Loewenstein 

 killed the first rhinoceros. The same day we met 

 unexpectedly a herd of about sixty buffaloes resting 

 in the shade of locust-trees. This sight was to me as 

 novel as it was to the prince. I had never been fortu- 

 nate enough to meet a herd in the daytime and in the 

 open field. So far I had come upon them only in 

 thickets and reedy swamps. 



The prince killed a cow buffalo and I a bull. We 

 considered ourselves very lucky and were highly satis- 

 fied with our day's work. Two days later the prince 

 tracked and shot a giraffe of goodly size. 



I had repeatedly tried to take snap-shots at game 

 with my improved long-distance camera. But the re- 

 sults had been far from satisfactory. I luul, howcNcr, 

 thus familiarized myself with the apparatus, antl after 



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