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side, taking, as we believed, the other two with him. 

 We quickly followed, but, on reaching the top of 

 the rise, suddenly found ourselves face to face with 

 the female and her calf, both regarding us very 

 resentfully. I at once told Mrs. B. to lie down and 

 keep perfectly still, and as the mother rhino was 

 about to charge I had to put a bullet into her to 

 warn her off. Upon this she turned and trotted off 

 with her youngster, apparently none the worse for 

 the lead. 



In the meantime the old male with the fine horns 

 could be seen gradually descending, at a steady 

 trot, the long slope which led to the bushes by the 

 river, where he hoped to find safety. We longed to 

 follow him and bag the magnificent trophy which 

 his head would have made, but felt obliged to 

 return to the safari, as we did not wish to leave B. 

 alone for any length of time. 



Later on in the day Mrs. B. made up for her ill 

 luck with the rhino by bowling over a very fine 

 oryx on the run, at a distance of 150 yards. On 

 seeing this the whole safari shouted out in great 

 glee that the Bibi (Lady) was a wonderful shot and 

 that the Bwanas (Masters) could not have done so 

 well. It was indeed a splendid shot, and the porters 

 were naturally delighted with the kill, as it gave them 

 fresh meat for their evening meal. 



When we reached Turah the water which we had 



