CHAPTER VII 



THROUGH A GAME COUNTRY 



WE stayed at the camp by the Karusi river for a 

 couple of days, as the water was fairly good and 

 not nearly so brackish as we had found it at the 

 Kwamatuku. There was plenty of game, too, in the 

 neighbourhood, and during one ramble I counted 

 no less than three lions, 300 kongoni, 200 zebra, 

 50 impala, 30 wildebeeste, 5 rhino, 5 duiker, one 

 solitary bull giraffe, and one specimen of that rather 

 scarce and beautiful antelope, the bushbuck. 



Next day I was out exploring with my friends, 

 and in the course of the afternoon Mrs. 'S. stalked 

 and hit a bull wildebeeste. He did not drop to the 

 shot, so we followed him up for miles, but could not 

 get near him, and as it was now beginning to grow 

 dusk we had reluctantly to give up the chase and 

 make our way back to camp as quickly as we could 

 in the fast-growing darkness. In the excitement of 

 the hunt we had not noticed that all our natives 

 had been outpaced, and when we turned homewards 



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