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ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 
CHAP. 
I imagine it gets more flights in this way at game put up by 
its bearer, which also affords it a point of vantage whence to 
sight and pursue its prey in a country where suitable sticks to 
perch on are few. 
During this day’s march I came upon the carcase of a 
Grevy’s zebra foal which had been freshly killed by a leopard, 
but the latter had slunk away, no doubt warned by the men’s 
voices. Later I happened upon a walleri fawn only just born 
and not yet dry, and moved it out of the path of the caravan 
lest any of the men should hurt it. In one place I noticed no 
less than five old bleached rhino skulls within a short distance 
of each other, though there seemed but little fresh spoor about, 
and I wondered what could have killed them, as there are now 
no hunting natives anywhere near. Possibly they may have 
been shot by Count Teleki when he passed this way some eight 
years previously. Jackals are common all along here, and— 
as might be expected where game is plentiful—hyenas and 
vultures are numerous ; for though I met with no lions, they 
are sure to be there to provide pickings for these scavengers. 
Another frequent and disagreeable accompaniment of 
abundant game was a fly, two specimens of which I caught, 
that I have always taken for the female of the “tetse,” though 
in this I may be in error. It is larger than the typical one 
and of a uniform brownish colour with no markings, but in 
other respects exactly similar both as to appearance and habits, 
and I have always before noticed it associated with the smaller 
striped variety, though I saw none of the latter kind here. 
Whether this kind is poisonous or not I am not sure. My 
donkeys never suffered from having passed here ; but then they 
can stand a few “ fly,” though where the “ tetse ” is numerous 
they soon succumb. It was here that I was at last cheered, 
for the first time since reaching the lake, with signs of elephants 
having been about not long since, leading me to hope that our 
perseverance would soon be rewarded. 
I have had occasion to mention before that the liver of the 
