THE HORN OF THE RHINOCEROS. 231 



CHAPTER Xn. 



My Hottentots object to advance further into the Interior — A Boar 

 Hunt — We march through a charming Comitry — The Mountain Pass 

 of Sesetabie — ^A Lion and Lioness inspect my Cattle, and the Lion 

 pays for peeping — Hungry Hysenas sup upon the Cattle Furniture — 

 The Camelopard — Description of its Habits — Booby, a Bechuana 

 Kraal — Gun Medicine — Disastrous Finale to an Incantation — Native 

 Conspiracy to prevent my fiu:ther Progress. 



At an early hour on the 7th we arose, and, having 

 loaded the pack-horse with a burden of flesh and fat, I 

 dispatched one of the Baquaines with him to camp. 

 Carollus and I then rode for the rhinoceros to secure 

 the horn. On nearing the carcass, a noble bull buffalo 

 stood within thirty yards of me, but I had omitted to 

 put on my caps. Lions had consumed a large part of 

 the rhinoceros, and had sneaked off on hearing us ap- 

 proach, leaving, as is usual, matted looks from theJT 

 shaggy gray manes sticking on the broken points of the 

 projecting ribs. My dogs, on scenting them, ran bark 

 ing angrily in the direction which the lions had hell, 

 springing up into the air with their hair bristling along 

 their backs. With considerable difficulty we separate^i 

 the horn of the muohooho from the skin by means of a 

 long, sharp knife. It was nearly three feet in length, 

 and measured almost a foot in diameter at the basQ. 

 This being accomplished, we returned to camp. Here 

 I found that Isaac had not been idle in forwarding his 

 own views. I at once saw that my followers had some- 

 thing unusual on their minds ; blackness and dismay 

 were plainly written on every countenance. I had 



