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bodies. To our surprise the buffaloes stood the charge quietly, 

 and not until the eighth shot did they turn to flee. At the 

 twelfth they were all Ijeyond range, except a cow wounded to 

 death and four bulls badly injured, which separated from the 

 herd and withdrew into the leleshwa jungle. We gave them 

 time to succumb to their injuries, and now followed the first 

 bull wounded. He awaited us in the open steppe at a distance 

 of about 1,000 paces, with uplifted crest and defiant air, 

 evidently quite ready for a battle, but of course presenting a first- 

 rate target for our powerful weapons. On our way to him we 

 had an opportunity of killing two rhinoceroses, so that our game- 

 bag to-day included five big animals. As this was more than 

 enough, we gave up the dangerous task of following the other 

 wounded buffaloes into the thicket. 



The next day's march brought us to Miwiruni, where we 

 stopped three days. We then shifted our camp a little further 

 south to the upper course of the Miwiruni brook, near the base 

 of the Subugia mountains, where we remained until August 20. 

 We made this long halt to enable Jumbe Kimemeta's people, 

 who, when we left Nyemps, had gone into Kamasia to buy corn, 

 to catch us up. Enervated by our protracted stay in the low- 

 lying districts on Lake Eudolf, we now suffered not a little from 

 cold. Miwiruni is 5,653 feet above sea-level, and the altitude 

 of our present camp was 7,375 feet. Moreover it often rained, a 

 bitterly cold wind blew from the south, and the heavy clouds re- 

 minded us of November at home. Wrapped in warm clothes, how^- 

 ever, we were able to some extent to enjoy the fresh green vegeta- 

 tion of this misty highland region ; but our men were freezing 

 with the temperature at from -I- 8° to 12° Centigrade, and longed 

 to be on the move again. The cool weather, however, braced 

 us Europeans up, and re-awoke our exploring ardour, so that we 

 really felt not at all indisposed to carry out our original plan 

 and visit Mau, Elmaran, Ndasekere, Seringet, and Umbugwe. 



