Trail and Camp-Fire 



At the end of ten days' travel, we were 

 about 3,000 feet above the sea level, and were 

 entering the country of the Gadabursi tribes, 

 well known for their warlike habits. We, 

 therefore, made a free display of our guns, 

 had regular sentries posted at night, and sur- 

 rounded the encampment with a thorn fence, 

 or zareba, which was useful in warning off 

 animals as well as men. 



We had already seen elephant and lion 

 tracks, and as our men showed great eager- 

 ness in trying to find the animals themselves, 

 we had not much doubt but that we should 

 soon become acquainted with some of them. 

 One night we heard, and dimly saw, some 

 elephants near a water hole; but it was too 

 dark for shooting, and the next day we were 

 unfortunate in not finding them. A. D. S., 

 however, who followed up some fresh tracks 

 he chanced upon, although unsuccessful, and 

 obliged to halt for the night away from the 

 main camp, had the monotony relieved by a 

 lion, which came suddenly up to the little 

 camp on his way to a water hole. He imme- 

 diately began to roar with magnificent effect, 

 and stayed in the neighborhood a good part 



of the night, which explained the drowsiness 



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