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out, looking for, and taking news of, my looted pony, and 
discovered that some people of the Marehan tribe had 
stolen it. In the afternoon I photographed my men and 
shot some ‘ gussuli ’ dik-dik, one of which possessed 
extremely good horns, 3^ inches long (the longest recorded 
being 3-| inches). I was in the act of stalking a flock 
of the beautiful vulturine guinea-fowl, when one of my 
men ran up, saying he had received news of fresh elephant 
spoor. It was too late to march that night, so we made 
PART OF THE AUTHOR’S ESCORT AT JOH. 
preparations to leave Joh, the furthest place south-east 
I was destined to reach, on the morrow. We were now 
running short of food for the men, which caused me a good 
deal of anxiety, as it was impossible to procure rice so far 
inland. 
Next day we left Joh, to spend a day or two in the 
dense jungle, far away from villages, in the midst of 
elephant spoor. We stopped for the morning rest near a 
dried-up well, which literally swarmed with ants and bees. 
