VII 



THROUGH A GAME COUNTRY 



much- needed lunch, as I had had nothing to eat 

 since 3 A.M. except a crust of bread from my wallet 

 and some cold tea which I had brought in my water 

 bottle. 



While waiting for his return I took several photo- 

 graphs of the eland just as he had fallen, clearing 



"THE HORNS . . . RANKED SECOND TO THE BEST ON RECORD." 



away the thick scrub for this purpose with much 

 labour, and by the time the porters arrived the 

 skinning and cutting up had been completed, and 

 there was nothing left for them to do except to 

 shoulder the meat, the hide, and the horns and 

 march back with these in triumph to camp, which we 

 reached safely just as night fell. 



