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AND MEFtU 



to botanists as the Hydnora africana. The fleshy flowers of 

 those we saw were some twelve to sixteen inches long, and 

 consisted of a single cnp-like flower, the outer rim of which 

 is cut into four lips. 



We dreamed away the hot mid-day hours stretched out upon 

 the greensward opposite Ebo, which now showed its head 

 again, and resumed our walk in the cool of the afternoon. 

 Flocks of vultures and storks guided us to the remains of my 

 yesterday's victims, and then we bore in a south-westerly 



HORNS OF THE RHINOCEROS BICORNIS. 



direction. A water-buck disturbed in its siesta, which sprang 

 up suddenly almost at our feet, was the only game which came 

 within range. We both missed him ; but I followed on his track, 

 whilst Count Teleki went on in the original direction, so that we 

 were separated in a very unexpected manner. With two atten- 

 dants to carry my guns, I penetrated into a very wild and 

 lonely district, where the baobab-trees were closer together and 

 the ground was strewn with great blocks of volcanic rock, half- 

 hidden in the long grass. But there was nothing to shoot, and 

 I was beginning to console myself with botanising, when we 



