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than any we liad yet met with. Here, then, was ivory 

 worth some 100,000 gulden ; but we were unable to hunt 

 any of the elephants, as they were all either in the lake or 

 on the open beach, with not an inch of cover. Amongst the 

 tusks we saw, there must have been some weighing consider- 

 ably over 220 Ib.^ 



We camped on the open beach where the shore was no 

 longer muddy, but flat and sandy. 



Wednesday, March 28. — Our march to-day lasted five hours 

 altogether, and was at a distance from the lake varying from 

 about 550 to 1,100 yards. The sky had become very overcast 

 even in the morning ; slight showers of rain had fallen before 

 noon whilst we were still on the tramp, and towards the end of 

 the march there were frequent flashes of lightning in the north, 

 always a sign of the approach of the rainy season. A cool 

 sea breeze blew throughout the day ; the weather was de- 

 lightful for walking now ; and we were able at last to camp 

 without the dust which had bothered us so long. 



Our march had been interrupted by an elephant hunt 

 which lasted for several hours. Soon after starting the Count 

 had come upon a strong young bull ; but for want of cover 

 he had had to fire from a considerable distance. Bleeding 

 from the trunk, the animal moved slowly off, and as he kept 

 near the beach. Count Teleki followed him, although the 

 caravan had gone on. For a considerable distance the quarry 

 remained from 200 to 300 paces off, receiving a bullet from 

 his pursuer every now and then. Presently, however, he 

 turned inland, where a few isolated acacia bushes afforded the 

 Count a little shelter ; but he was not brought down till he 

 had been struck by six bullets from the 8-bore rifle and four 

 charges from the 577 Express rifle, none of which at first 



^ The heaviest tusk Jiimbe Kimemeta ever met with vt^eighed 264 lb., and three 

 •others which he once brought home weighed 220 lb. 



