294 ON SAFARI 



heat of midday, when game would be most likely to lie 

 down, we, as a rule (but not invariably), retired to our 

 tents and laid down ourselves. 



This high development of alertness in East- African 

 game is clearly due — not to the influence of white man, 

 who has only hunted here during the last few years, but 

 to the presence of their innumerable natural enemies. 



