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had met me here with a skin bag of exquisitely fragrant honey 

 (a great blessing, as I was almost out of that necessary of the 

 "bara"), wanted me to go and shoot it or a rhino. But, 

 though the meat would have been useful to me, as I had none 

 to take to El Bogoi (where game had to be sought far), I 

 was disinclined to incur the delay, being anxious to continue 

 my journey. After all the elephants they had had (more than 

 even they could cope with), too, I felt under no obligation 

 to hunt for them just then ; so reserved my strength for the 

 rather hard work this style of travelling entailed. I accord- 

 ingly made another move about 4 P.M., bivouacked at dusk 

 for the night, and arrived at my El Bogoi camp before noon 

 next day, not sorry to be relieved of my donkey-driving duty 

 and load of rifles when the men in charge there, hearing our 

 shouts of encouragement to the pack-animals, came running, 

 with pleasant smiles of welcome, to meet us. 



