xiv ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 



CHAPTER XI 



FROM EL BOGOI TO LAKE RUDOLPH 



A trying march — A Swahili yarn — Shoot an uncommon gazelle — The "high veldt" 

 — A jackal claims relationship — A curious episode — Thomson's gazelle and 

 Jackson's hartebeeste — My "lucky camp" — A new branch of obstetrics — A 

 land flowing with honey — My ivory store — A welcome sight — Disturbing a 

 siesta — A gardener's opportunity — Death of a favourite — A photographer's 

 disguise — Our route to Lake Rudolph — A providential escape . Pages 234-255 



CHAPTER XII 



LAKE RUDOLPH 



P'inal start for the lake — A desolate land — A curious fish — Trials during a hurricane 

 — Remains of a catastrophe — An aquatic race — Disturbed by a "shauri" — A 

 false alarm — A fisherman's paradise — Signs of Europeans — Remedy for lessening 

 the sick-roll — A fortunate coincidence — My first topi — At close quarters with a 

 rhino — Wealth of bird life — A feathered jockey — My cook's new entree — Simple 

 Christmas fare — The kraals of Reshiat ...... 256-287 



CHAPTER XIII 



A SOJOURN AT RE.SHLAT AND KERl5 



Among artless savages — Scene of a massacre — Egrets and their hosts — Myriads of 

 mosquitoes — A satisfactory morning's work — Good out of evil — A new antelope 

 — A revolting disfigurement — The metropolis of Kere — Exchanging greetings — 

 Waifs from a European expedition — New Year's Day — A melancholy event — 

 Pacifying a chief — A consequence of lavish expenditure — Exorcising a marauder 

 — A model in eliony — Getting rid of a nuisance ..... 288-316 



CHAPTER XIV 



RETURN TO LAKE RUDOLPH 



Back to Bassu — Vigilant guards — A miraculous escape — Acute sufferings — Native 

 solicitude — An exultant tribe — Rare luxuries — A long illness — An anti-slavery 

 tribe — A chief's prescription — Longing for a change — A relapse — My ' ' con- 

 valescent camp " — Start a poultry-yard — Breeding-time of topi — Native trappers 

 — A curious phenomenon — Fabulous elephants — Arrival of ivory -traders — A 

 happy coincidence .......... 3i7"343 



