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and I thought it better to wait for it, so that I might be 

 introduced by my friends to the adjoining tribe of Janjai (which 

 I had been told was likely to be hostile to travellers), I decided 

 to hunt for my men the next day and went out early for that 

 purpose. I followed the little stream that rose close to my 

 camp down for some distance and then struck across towards 

 some koppies, which like those on the other side of the range 

 are small craters — some almost perfect. But before getting 

 far I saw three rhinos feeding in the open : a cow with a half- 

 grown calf and a little way off a bull. I got round to leeward of 

 them and stalked the bull, keeping a tiny bush between us ; and 

 then sat down and waited till he gave me a favourable chance, 

 which he soon did, moving slowly across my position, when I 

 gave him a shot behind the shoulder. He ran for a short way 

 and stood for a little, but blood coming from nose and mouth 

 showed that he was done, and he soon went down. As I 

 wanted to get a good supply of meat to last my men some 

 time (for they were only getting half rations of other food), and 

 the rhinos were still unalarmed, I now turned my attention to 

 the cow. I followed similar tactics in her case, getting a baby 

 thorn tree before me, and gave her a precisely similar shot with 

 exactly the same result. I wanted to let the young one go, as 

 it was quite old enough to take care of itself ; but as it would 

 not run away and when we went forward seemed inclined to 

 be pugnacious, and being as big as a large bullock could have 

 made itself unpleasant, I shot it too. I sent for all hands to 

 carry in the meat, and as it was only a short way from camp 

 none of it was wasted, and it gave my men a good store of 

 biltong. I didn't myself care then for any part of a rhino 

 except the tongue, which is very good when thoroughly boiled ; 

 but Swahilis consider the liver a great delicacy, and delight 

 in the oily fat. The latter I found useful, together with the 

 elephant fat, of which I had now a good store, for my 

 extemporised slush lamp (made out of a butter tin), as I was 

 short of candles. 



