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ON SAFAEI 



I brought my glass to bear : and there, apparently in the 

 midst of the flying zebras, rode the General, who had 

 thus utilised those animals to screen an advance on his 

 three kongoni. It was a clever manoeuvre, and he well 



deserved the splen- 

 did 23j-in. head 

 of Buhalis jachsoni 

 that it produced. 



Note that at 

 this point — that is, 

 due north of the 

 crater of Meningai 

 — the rano;e of these 

 two species of harte- 

 beest overlaps. We 

 had, as stated, that 

 mornino; obtained 

 an example of Neu- 

 mann's hartebeest 

 (which we had 

 hitherto only found 

 to the east of Na- 

 kuru) a league or 

 more to the west- 

 ward of the spot, 

 near Costello's 

 Shamba, where this 

 Jackson's hartebeest 

 was slain. 

 This veld is frequented by wart-hogs in considerable 

 numbers. One day as we rode along together, a big 

 solitary boar was observed to disappear in a jDatch of 

 grass. This grass, on nearer approach, was seen to be 

 of no great extent, perhaps a couple of acres. My 

 brother, accordingly, went round to the leeward, while, 

 with a couple of " boys," I rode through the covert 

 from above. Presently the boar broke away with a rush 

 from under my pony's feet, snorting and grunting. It 

 took the desired direction, and dropping to the shot, lay 



BRINGING HOME THE IVOEY. 



