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ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 
CHAP. 
this journey, that I shot my record impala head, of which a 
figure is given from a photograph. 
One or two rhinos that I shot for meat on this journey were 
in poor condition. Papa said it was because of the rain : 
probably he was right. I daresay wet weather makes them 
lean, as it does wild 
pigs. In a part of 
Swaziland where 
wild pigs used to be 
numerous, the Swazis 
always accounted for 
their being fat only 
during the dry winter 
there, by saying that 
the fright, caused by 
the thunder accom¬ 
panying the summer 
rains, made them thin. 
Through crossing 
the river high up we 
got sooner among 
the lava (which has 
run down from Kenia 
and Jambeni thus far, 
while there is none 
on the north bank), 
and had the rough 
ridges of its broken- 
up streams to cross, 
with wide plains of lava shingle between. 
Here, as I have noted in other parts, alternate green and 
dry belts were crossed ; the storms following particular lines 
and painting the country in streaks. But on rounding the 
point of the Jambeni Range it became apparent that a much 
wetter climate had been suddenly reached. The sodden ground 
The Record Pallah Horns. 
{EEpyceros melampus .) 
Length of horns on front curve . 28 in. 
Tip to tip . . . . 22§ ,, 
Girth. Si 
