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used to describe anything male, from a lion or an elephant 
to a bustard or a crocodile; ‘‘cow’’ being his expression for 
the female of these and all other creatures. As Gouvimali 
came running up to shake hands, his face wreathed in 
smiles, he exclaimed “G-o-o-d-e morning”; a phrase which 
he had picked up under the impression that it was a species 
of congratulation. 
As always when I have killed buffalo I was struck by 
the massive bulk of the great bull as he lay in death, and 
by the evident and tremendous muscular power of his big¬ 
boned frame. He looked what he was, a formidable beast. 
Thirty porters had to be sent out to bring to camp the 
head, hide, and meat. We found, by the way, that his 
meat made excellent soup, his kidneys a good stew, while 
his tongue was delicious. 
Next morning Kermit and I with the bulk of the safari 
walked back to our main camp, on the Nile, leaving Cun- 
inghame and Heller where they were for a day, to take 
care of the buffalo skin. Each of us struck off across the 
country by himself, with his gun-bearers. After walking 
five or six miles I saw a big rhino three-quarters of a mile 
off. At this point the country was flat, the acacias very 
thinly scattered, and the grass completely burnt off, the 
green young blades sprouting; and there was no difficulty 
in making out, at the distance we did, the vast gray bulk of 
the rhino as it stood inertly under a tree. Drawing nearer 
we saw that it had a good horn, although not as good as 
Kermit’s best; and approaching quietly to within forty 
yards I shot the beast. 
At the main camp we found that Mearns had made 
a fine collection of birds in our absence; while Loring 
