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AT NYEMPS 



paws in impotent fury, till I gave her the coup de grace. My 

 first bullet had struck just above the eyes but glanced off, 

 leaving only a flesh-wound some eight inches long. 



' On December 3 I hunted for three hours along the brook 

 without coming to any water, but there was plenty of game, 

 and I brought down one rhinoceros, two zebras, and one eland. 



WE COME UPON A GROUP OF LIONS. 



' The next day I was ver}^ much hindered by the veering 

 wind, and only secured one Beisa antelope, one wild cat, and 

 on the way home two guinea-fowls. 



' On December 5 we met some islanders, who told us there 

 was water in the upper brook, and also that there were ele- 

 phants near it just then. We decided to go there, and during 

 a rough march over hilly ground strewn with rugged sharp- 

 edged debris I shot three rhinoceroses and one eland. Arrived 



