WE MAECH NORTH SHOOT A BUCK. 
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but their guns must be surrendered. Their cool reply 
was that they would talk it over in the morning, 
treating the matter as if time were of no value. 
22d. — Hurrah ! we march again some miles nearer 
England, and encamp on the northern boundary of 
Uganda. Seventeen of the mutineer Seedees delivered 
up their guns, their names were noted, ammunition 
was served out, and they had the guns returned — a 
very simple expedient, accomplished without any fur- 
ther misunderstanding. 
Went shooting in a swamp. My first shot was at 
a leucotis buck, but he bounded away untouched. 
Again we came upon him lying immersed in water, 
all but his noble head. On being alarmed he stood 
for a shot, which penetrated both shoulder-blades, and 
lodged under the off-skin. Budja was in such ecstasy 
that he jumped through the water up to him, with all 
his lads following. A Seed.ee got well butted before 
he could cut the buck's throat ; but after the Waganda 
had talked and laughed over the powers of my rifle, 
eight of them raised the animal with the greatest 
care out of the water, preventing his beautiful skin 
from being soiled, and placed him upon a bed of clean 
grass, where he was left to be cut up a la Waganda. 
Budja's eyes glistened when told that he might have 
the skin ; there was no end to his " nyans, nyans," 
thanks, &c. We heard elephants screeching and trum- 
peting near some acacias to the far north, but my 
Waganda dreaded going within sight of them, and 
stole away home. We could not find them, but dur- 
ing the night heard their musical cry as they browsed 
in the moonlight. 
Between the 23d August and 2d September we only 
