A MAN DIES OF EXHAUSTION 



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One broad but driecl-up sandy bed of a stream wliicli we had to 

 cross was, indeed, fringed with some fine trees, with beautiful 

 fresh green fohage, giving the district here and there quite a 

 pretty park-hke appearance. There was also a good deal 

 of game ; for we saw several zebras, Beisa antelopes, and 

 gazelles ; but we might not swerve from the path to-day. At 

 about nine o'clock, however, a rhinoceros made a dash at Count 

 Teleki, who brought him down. Of course, our hungry people 



A LEOPAKD IN CAMP. 



flung themselves upon the corpse ; but we grudged the time it 

 would take to divide the meat. Our men, no longer able to 

 quench their thirst whenever they liked, seemed weaker than 

 ever, and the effect on them of want of water was illustrated by 

 the eagerness with which they fought for the loathsome, dull- 

 green contents of the rhinoceros's stomach ; whilst the results 

 of short rations for so long were equally apparent. One of our 

 best men had died the night before from exhaustion, and four 

 others were in such a wretched state that they had to ride. 



