ii8 ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA chap. 



this journey, that I shot my record impala head, of which a 



figure is given from a photograph. 



One or two rhinos that I shot for meat on this journey w^ere 



in poor condition. Papa said it was because of the rain : 



probably he was right. I daresay wet weather makes them 



lean, as it does wild 

 pigs. In a part of 

 Swaziland where 

 wild pigs used to be 

 numerous, the Swazis 

 always accounted for 

 their being fat only 

 during the dry winter 

 there, by saying that 

 the fright, caused by 

 the thunder accom- 

 panying the summer 

 rains, made them thin. 

 Through crossing 

 the river high up we 

 'J|l' got sooner among 



the lava (which has 

 run down from Kenia 

 and Jambeni thus far, 



The Record Pallah Horns. ^^^^i'^ ^here is none 



{Aipyceros meiampus.) ox\ the north bank), 



Length of horns on front curve 28 in. and had the rOUgh 



Qj^jj^ ^!li " ridges of its broken- 



up streams to cross, 

 with wide plains of lava shingle between. 



Here, as I have noted in other parts, alternate green and 

 dry belts were crossed ; the storms following particular lines 

 and painting the country in streaks. But on rounding the 

 point of the Jambeni Range it became apparent that a much 

 wetter climate had been suddenly reached. The sodden ground 



