CHAPTEK VII. 
Tracks of elephants — Charged by a rhinoceros — Shikari wounded — 
Ostriches — Ehinoceros tracks — A phantom ‘rhino.’ 
I STARTED from Bun Feroli at 4 a.m., and pitched for the 
mid-day rest near some bitter- water wells, at which herds 
of camels were getting their monthly drink. Here my 
headman, of course, wanted to stay for the day ; but I was 
determined to get away to fresh air, and marched on. In 
the evening I killed a sheep for the men, to show them 
how to do it in a humane way, as I was perfectly disgusted 
with the manner in which they butchered the poor brutes. 
After I had killed the sheep, the men utterly refused to eat 
it because they had not killed it themselves ! 
From cleanliness in sheep-killing, I pass to cleanliness in 
teeth- cleaning, where the Somalis, in their turn, beat us 
hollow. They are for ever rubbing at their teeth with a 
green stick, which they cut from a thorn-tree. This renders 
their teeth magnificently white. The stick, although green 
to the core, is perfectly tasteless and harmless. I noticed 
that my men, fearing Gallas, carried their rifles more than 
usual about this time, instead of allowing the camels to 
carry them. They had carelessly burst four of their rifles, 
and knocked oflP the sights of some half-dozen. They 
had broken nearly all my tent-pegs, and an extra strong 
mallet bound with iron had been reduced by them into 
matchwood. They got at my tool-roll one day, but I 
rescued it before they had got further than breaking a pair 
of pincers and two large gouges. 
We encamped at 3.45 p.m. on stony ground, at a place 
