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AT NYEMPS 



district, as the game congregated in the open steppe or on the 

 low height near the middle course of the Guaso Nyuki ; but, 

 of course, the animals grew shyer every day, so that the Count 

 had to go farther and farther afield. It would take far too long 

 to tell of the incidents of each day's hunting for so extended a 

 period. I will , therefore, relate the most thrilling incidents only. 

 In the fifty days since we left Nyemps, the Count had killed 



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MAHOMMED SEIFF CHARGED BY A BUFFALO. 



with his own rifle, not one of the men being allowed to fire a 

 shot, no less than 113 large animals, viz., 10 elephants, 61 

 buffaloes, 21 rhinoceroses, 9 zebras, 6 kaama antelopes, 4 

 elands, and 2 kobus antelopes or water-bucks. 



It would be diflicult to form any idea of the amount of 

 danger, toil, and fatigue which this summary represents, for 

 the arduous following up of the badly wounded buffaloes which 

 escaped after all is not, of course, included in the list of results 



