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THE SPORT OF KAEAGUE. 
natives, and lives altogether on the borders of 
lakes. 
We never heard of elephants while residing here. 
There are no forests for them on these heights and 
valleys. Hartebeest, and rhinoceros or "faroo," are 
the common animals of the chase. The former, called 
" nyamcera," in the rutting season become highly com- 
bative. Two stags fought in the plain with unflinching 
determination, calmly halting to breathe between each 
round. The force of every butt as their heads met, 
and as they fell on their knees, sounded distinctly, 
the energy and impetus of the attack sending their 
small bushy tails over their backs. After a battle of 
twenty minutes, one became the victor, and chased 
the other into and out of a herd of hinds, when I was 
obliged to leave the interesting chase. Several ante- 
lope were wounded this day, but they were very wild 
in the open plain of grass, and it required accurate 
shooting at 300 and 400 yards to bag one. Of other 
game animals there were several varieties of antelope. 
The mountain gazelle bounded very prettily over the 
bare hills, and did not seem very wild. Pigs were in 
the low grounds, and hippopotami swam in the lake. 
But Karague is not a country of sport ; and although 
the sultan imagines that lions garrison the country, 
and mount guard over his father's remains, we never 
saw one, dead or alive. The natives told us that 
otter, called "gonejeh," of the ordinary colour, live in 
the lake, and that their king (concerning whom they 
have some superstition) is as white as an old man s 
beard. The manner in which a Wezee prepares a 
skin for wear is very simple, and seems perfectly effi- 
cacious. Straw is laid on the ground, the skin is 
