CHAPTER XIV 



A BOBGU LEOPAED 



I WAS rather dissatisfied with my first turn in 

 Northern Nigeria; I mean from the big-game 

 point of view. My area of operations had been 

 limited, and work so incessant, that my hunt- 

 ing trips had been seriously neglected. I was 

 particularly anxious to hunt in the regions towards 

 Lake Chad, and as it was the intention to send 

 an expedition in that direction, I volunteered 

 for a second term of twelve months 7 service. 

 The South African troubles did not at the time 

 seem like coming to a head at once, and as my 

 regiment was in India, I didn't see that I was 

 furthering my chances of active service by going 

 there. No sooner had I reached Lokoja, how- 

 ever, than cables from home arrived announcing, 

 first, that war had broken out; secondly, that 

 my regiment, among others, had been despatched 

 from the East to the seat of war; and, thirdly, 

 that all forward movements in Nigeria must 

 temporarily cease. This was a series of terrible 



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