no SAFARI 



him. When we halted in case we had not akeady 

 found game, I would usually say, "Now let's go 

 where the game has gone, Boculy." 



To which he would invariably reply : "But Master, 

 they are not there." 



He had a lot of queer maxims. If he failed for a 

 considerable time to find elephants he would say one 

 of three things was the cause : 



"Shauri ako" . . . Business caused by you (the 

 white man) . 



" Shauri Muunga " . . . Business caused by God. 



"Shauri mvua." . . . Business caused by rain. 



When he made up his mind that we were not find- 

 ing game for one of these reasons he usually insisted 

 on giving up the himt for the day and would not look 

 any further. 



Early in our stay I explained to Boculy how I 

 planned to do a lot of photographic work of animals 

 from the protection of blinds. This, I told him, 

 would give me a chance to observe them in an 

 undisturbed state. But he only grinned and said 

 something about my not knowing what I was saying. 

 Sure enough he proved to be correct. For the finest 

 films of elephants which T took were made right out 

 in the open. 



I had many a lesson in trailing elephants from 

 Boculy without his knowing it. One day he walked 

 along looking at some tracks which were at least 



