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ON SAFARI 
thus have been wasted but for the hyenas, jackals, 
vultures and marabous. Forty-eight hours afterwards 
I repassed the spot, and not a trace, not even a bone, 
remained, only a circle of down-trodden grass and a few 
huge feathers. This zebra was an aged stallion, almost 
toothless, and much clawed by lions—a fine specimen; 
but I was annoyed at killing him here, as I meant 
securing my two specimens close alongside the railway, 
whereas I was now compelled to carry the heavy skin 
and head some fifty miles. 
September 9.—Our young oryx died, despite all we 
could do. Fresh milk was what it wanted, and this the 
Masai refused to sell. Yet they came daily into our camp 
for medicines, the chief wanting his child’s chest and his 
wife’s leg cured, and so on. We explained, with some 
little force, the principles of reciprocity, and they then 
sent in milk—when too late. However, we gave them 
Rowe’s liniment, Alcock’s plasters, fruit-salt, etc., and 
W-doctored them all round. Results unknown. 
The last march from the Molo River to the railway 
at Nakuru is twenty-three miles across waterless veld. 
This long grind we avoided by carrying water from the 
little Rangai River, which enabled us to camp for the 
night midway. By placing leafy boughs in each bucket 
of water the Swahili porters managed to carry them a 
dozen miles without spilling a drop, and this in addition 
to their regular burdens. 
The following day w r e marched into Nakuru, through 
a region of very coarse, sour grass, where we saw little 
or no game. We had been away thirty-four days on 
this Baringo trip, and had secured forty-four selected 
heads of large game, including twelve different species, 
besides ostrich and kori bustard. Even these figures, 
imposing as they seem, do not fully represent the faunal 
wealth of the country, for (as related) some others defied 
our efforts. There were, moreover, several species of 
which I had previously shot specimens in South Africa — 
such as bushbuck, duiker, steinbuck, etc., and which I 
did not again molest. And a short month’s time 
