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than to the sportsman himself. In this case the Count fired at 

 the animal nearest to him, which dashed off in the direction of 

 a Masai moruo, who was approaching all unconscious of his 

 danger. Directly the rhinoceros caught sight of him he 

 charged, wounded to death though he was. Of course, the 

 moruo took to his heels, and, though the animal soon fell dead, 

 he continued to run as fast as his legs could carrj^ him in spite 

 of the shouts of the whole caravan assuring him that all danger 

 was over. Our men were immensely amused at this ridiculous 

 scene, though they would have acted in exactly the same way 

 themselves. 



It would take too long to tell of all the Count's further 

 adventures that day. Immense quantities of game, including 

 four zebras, five gnus, and one hartebeest, were brought down, 

 whilst one sorely wounded ostrich escaped with plumage 

 dripping with l^lood. Count Teleki's account of the behaviour 

 of some moran who accompanied him, when they became eager 

 in the chase, was very interesting. On one occasion they went 

 after a gnu which had been lamed by a shot, seized it by its 

 horns and tail, and dragged it to the Count for him to give it 

 its coup tie grace. As a reward they asked leave a little later 

 to follow a slightly wounded hartebeest, and killed it with their 

 spears. 



Natives poured into the camp on this day, and from the 

 devices on their spears we gathered that they belonged to the 

 Matumbato, Dogilani, and Ivapotei districts ; the last-named 

 spoke Kabudi. They did not bother us at all, and had the 

 A^ery greatest respect for our hunting prowess, of which they 

 had already heard, speaking of us first as ' Ngai,' their word for 

 Grod, and later as ' Moran,' which was, of course, an immense 

 honour for us ! 



In the afternoon I started, accompanied by a moran, to 

 climb Mount Lomeiboti, as I hoped to get an extended view 



