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tions. The man had to be buried, so why not do it 

 where he fell ? Then the rhinoceros, with all its value 

 in hide and horn, lay there to be dealt with. The only 

 way seemed to be to return to the spot where we left 

 the camel, let Clarence lead two men to the scene of 

 the debacle, and then I would proceed to camp and 

 order out further assistance. 



We covered the poor Baron with cut thorns, which 

 seemed a slight barrier of protection for his body ; and 

 the thought of the inroads of some beasts of prey 

 made me hurry and almost run back through the awful 

 way we had come so short a time ago. Our passage 

 had cleared it a very little, and my mind was so much 

 occupied with the catastrophe that it did not seem 

 very long before we reached the philosophic camel 

 and the help of which we stood in need. 



One camel-man I instructed to return to camp with 

 his charge ; the other and my syce I detailed to go 

 back with Clarence to attend to the Baron and the 

 rhino. I got on my own pony, leading the others, 

 and going as hard as I could under such harassing 

 conditions, I returned an hour or so after with a few 

 men, whom I led to the edge of the thick jungle into 

 which I heartily wished I had never penetrated, and 

 explained to the leader the exact location of the scene 

 of the disaster. I arranged that a rifle should be fired 

 three times to acquaint me of his meeting with Clarence 

 at the awful spot. For myself, I was too utterly done 

 to take on the journey down that path again. I sat 

 and waited for the signal, and felt a little easier in my 

 mind as I heard the welcome one, two, three. 



