182 AMONGST THE RESHIAT AND TO LAKE STEFANIE 



Burkeneji with their herds of cattle near the lake, and one aim 

 of our journey here had been to turn our goods to account at last 

 by buying oxen, sheep, and goats from them. Lembasso, too, 

 who claimed to be quite at home here, had painted a most rosy 

 picture of the state of things, and even on March 28 he 

 had urged us, instead of going further along Lake Eudolf, to 

 follow the Ser el Karia to the land of his people on the Basso 

 Ebor, where we could buy whole herds of cattle. We were 

 there now, and all we could find were the remains of a few old 

 deserted kraals ! Not a column of ascending smoke was to be 

 seen anywhere to tell of human habitation. Our two guides 

 were themselves dreadfully upset by this disappointment, for 

 they had hoped after many years' absence to be once more with 

 their own tribesmen. Acting on their advice, Count Teleki 

 decided to leave the lake alone for the present and to make 

 in an easterly direction for a place called Sapari, somewhere 

 near the Trr range, where, he was assured, natives would 

 certainly be found. 



We were only just under wa.j, however, when the march 

 was interrupted, the Count having come upon a couple of 

 elephant bulls as he and the vanguard were making their way 

 through some thick bush. Count Teleki halted and gave the 

 foremost animal a charge in the shoulder from the 8-bore rifle. 

 He dashed aside, received another shot in the same part, stag- 

 gered a few paces further, and fell, his companion getting off 

 into the thicket. The wounded elephant lay on his side, and 

 remembering our experiences on Mount Nyiro, the Count took 

 care to put him out of hjs misery without delay, eight bullets 

 in the temples from the 8-bore rifle being needed before he 

 finally succumbed. He was rather an old bull, and his tusks 

 weighed 165 lb. 



As there were plenty of pools of rainwater here, and as we 

 might not find any further on, we thought it best to camp near 



