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turned off into the next valley and was now camped by some 

 water not far from where I had shot the zebra. It was not 

 worth while to go over there in the dark, especially as the 

 Count would have to pass my camping-place the next day, so 

 I merely sent a message to the effect that we were all right, 

 and would wait for him where we were. 



The night passed over quietly, if not very comfortably, as 

 we had to take it in turns to keep up the fires on account of 

 the cold and the number of wild beasts about. However hot 

 the day here, it is always bitterly cold at night. The only 

 sound which broke the stillness after all was the cry of a 

 night-jar as it circled above our heads with noiseless wings. 

 I woke early the next morning, stiff with the cold, and glad to 

 leave my hard grass bed. I eagerly awaited Count Teleki, who 

 arrived a little after eight o'clock. We then marched together 

 a short distance further and camped near a few puddles by which 

 Qualla had spent a night, as proved by the traces of his fire. 



At noon on the third day we reached a broad flat valley 

 through which flowed the Guaso Nyuki, and found ourselves 

 in the game park we had gone so far to seek. Even during 

 the last bit of our march we had seen great herds of zebras 

 and elands galloping in front of us and passed several 

 rhinoceroses. Count Teleki shot two of the latter, and we 

 witnessed the remarkable spectacle of a fight between the 

 wounded animals, each crediting the other with being the 

 cause of its sudden suffering. They tore at each other's flesh 

 in mad fury, but one of them, who had received a bullet from 

 the 500 Express rifle at 300 paces distance, soon succumbed 

 to its wounds, at which the other dashed off and escaped. We 

 also came suddenly upon the interesting spectacle of a whole 

 herd of buffaloes indulging in a siesta in a little ravine, all 

 cuddled closely together except a few old bulls acting as 

 sentinels. When we appeared we were greeted with a loud 



