ON SAFARI. RHINO AND GIRAFFE 101 
animals were slain so as to see just what was done by the 
different types of rifles we had with us. 
When I reached camp I found that Heller had already 
started. Next morning I rode down to see him and found 
him hard at work with the skins; but as it would take him 
two or three days to finish them and put them in condition 
for transport, we decided that the safari should miarch 
back to the Potha camp, and that from thence we would 
send PercivaFs ox wagon to bring back to the camp all the 
skins, Heller and his men accompanying him. The plan 
was carried out, and the following morning we shifted the 
big camp as proposed. 
Heller, thus left behind, came near having an unpleas¬ 
ant adventure. He slept in his own tent, and his Wakam- 
ba skinners slept under the fly not far off. One night they 
let the fires die down and were roused at midnight by 
hearing the grunting of a hungry lion apparently not a 
dozen yards off in the darkness. Heller quickly lit his 
lantern and sat up with his shot-gun loaded with bird shot, 
the only weapon he had with him. The lion walked round 
and round the tent, grunting at intervals. Then, after some 
minutes of suspense, he drew off. While the grunting had 
been audible, not a sound came from the tent of the Wa- 
kambas, who all cowered under their blankets in perfect 
silence. But once he had gone there was a great chatter¬ 
ing, and in a few minutes the fires were roaring, nor were 
they again suffered to die down. 
Heller’s skinners had grown to work very well when 
under his eye. He had encountered much difficulty in get¬ 
ting men who would do the work, and had tried the rep¬ 
resentatives of various tribes, but without success until 
