WILD LIFE ACROSS THE WORLD 



the camera was nearly ready the Honess charged to 

 within fifteen yards of me, stopped and looked for a few 

 seconds. We stood motionless. I had ceased turning 

 the handle. She then bolted back to her first position 

 and faced the Masai, who charged. She was terribly 

 fierce and decided to charge too, but changed her mind 

 and bolted, then like a flash came back, and 

 although the warriors dropped behind their barrier of 

 shields, she bit right through three of them, knocked 

 over and mauled two Masai, and then bit a spear made 

 of soft iron almost in two. 



The wounds of the Masai were quickly treated 

 and were better in a few days. This struck me as 

 noteworthy, as a white man would in all probability 

 have lost his life from blood-poisoning. 



We struck camp next morning, and during the 

 day ran into several rhino, plenty of zebra and 

 Kavirondo crane. 



During the last few days we had seen thirty to forty 

 rhino, and on one occasion I attempted to stalk two, 

 but when I had got within thirty yards Simba broke 

 loose and attacked them. They bolted, she endeavour- 

 ing to bite their heels, and it was not long before they 

 were all out of sight. This necessitated me sending 

 the SomaHs in pursuit, and they had to follow for 

 five miles before coming up with her. Nothing was 

 too big for this plucky little thing to tackle, and it 

 was one of the finest of tributes that the Somali paid 



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