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On this march game seemed to be in greater plenty 

 than it had been for the two preceding weeks. We 

 killed many zebras, of a variety called grevii. The 

 Guaso Nyiro seemed to be the dividing line between the 

 country abounding with that species of animal and that 

 roamed by the chapmani and burcheli. We found the 

 two latter species very plentiful in the neighbourhood of 

 the Jombeni range, but as soon as we had crossed the 

 Guaso Nyiro, only the grevii were met. The latter 

 make capital food ; their flesh is tender, and they seem 

 to carry much more fat than the other species. This, 

 when boiled down and allowed to cool, does not congeal, 

 and so makes excellent cooking material. The flesh of 

 the chapmani and burcheli, however, is tough and taste- 

 less, and possesses very much of what I imagine to be 

 the flavour of horse-flesh. 



One day, while passing the foot of the Marisi Alugwa 

 Zombo plateau, I came across a herd of twelve buffalo. 

 They appeared to be much smaller than the buffaloes I 

 had shot on my former journey in Masai Land. I think 

 I am right in stating they were not the Bos Kaffir, as 

 those found in Southern Africa and Masai Land are 

 called, but the Bos Orientalis, which roam the upper 

 regions of the Nile. 



I had a curious adventure with these buffaloes. Upon 

 reaching them I had but four cartridges in my Winches- 

 ter ; and, the cover being good, and the wind blowing in 

 the right direction, I was able to knock down four, ere 

 they broke into a run. Seeing the bodies lying upon 

 the ground, I sent my gun-bearer back to hurry forward 

 the men, in order that they might cut up the meat with 

 as little delay as possible. He had scarcely left me. 



