132 TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND 
tions. The man had to be buried, so why not do it 
where he fell ? Then the rhinoceros, with all its value 
in hide and horn, lay there to be dealt with. The only 
way seemed to be to return to the spot where we left 
the camel, let Clarence lead two men to the scene of 
the debacle , and then I would proceed to camp and 
order out further assistance. 
We covered the poor Baron with cut thorns, which 
seemed a slight barrier of protection for his body ; and 
the thought of the inroads of some beasts of prey 
made me hurry and almost run back through the awful 
way we had come so short a time ago. Our passage 
had cleared it very little, and my mind was so much 
occupied with the catastrophe that it did not seem 
very long before we reached the philosophic camel 
and the help of which we stood in need. 
One camel-man I instructed to return to camp with 
his charge ; the other and my syce I detailed to go 
back with Clarence to attend to the Baron and the 
rhino. I got on my own pony, leading the others, 
and going as hard as I could under such harassing 
conditions, I returned an hour or so after with a few 
men, whom I led to the edge of the thick jungle into 
which I heartily wished I had never penetrated, and 
explained to the leader the exact location of the scene 
of the disaster. I arranged that a rifle should be fired 
three times to acquaint me of his meeting with Clarence 
at the awful spot. For myself, I was too utterly done 
to take on the journey down that path again. I sat 
and waited for the signal, and felt a little easier in my 
mind as I heard the welcome one, two, three. 
