282 ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA chap. 



I imagine it gets more flights in this way at game put up by- 

 its bearer, which also affords it a point of vantage whence to 

 sight and pursue its prey in a country where suitable sticks to 

 perch on are few. 



During this day's march I came upon the carcase of a 

 Grevy's zebra foal which had been freshly killed by a leopard, 

 but the latter had slunk away, no doubt warned by the men's 

 voices. Later I happened upon a walleri fawn only just born 

 and not yet dry, and moved it out of the path of the caravan 

 lest any of the men should hurt it. In one place I noticed no 

 less than five old bleached rhino skulls within a short distance 

 of each other, though there seemed but little fresh spoor about, 

 and I wondered what could have killed them, as there are now 

 no hunting natives anywhere near. Possibly they may have 

 been shot by Count Teleki when he passed this way some eight 

 years previously. Jackals are common all along here, and — 

 as might be expected where game is plentiful — hyenas and 

 vultures are numerous ; for though I met with no lions, they 

 are sure to be there to provide pickings for these scavengers. 



Another frequent and disagreeable accompaniment of 

 abundant game was a fly, two specimens of which I caught, 

 that I have always taken for the female of the " tetse," though 

 in this I may be in error. It is larger than the typical one 

 and of a uniform brownish colour with no markings, but in 

 other respects exactly similar both as to appearance and habits, 

 and I have always before noticed it associated with the smaller 

 striped variety, though I saw none of the latter kind here. 

 Whether this kind is poisonous or not I am not sure. My 

 donkeys never suffered from having passed here ; but then they 

 can stand a feio " fly," though where the " tetse " is numerous 

 they soon succumb. It was here that I was at last cheered, 

 for the first time since reaching the lake, with signs of elephants 

 having been about not long since, leading me to hope that our 

 perseverance would soon be rewarded. 



I have had occasion to mention before that the liver of the 



