CHAPTER XV 
HUNTING ON LAKE SOLAI— {Concluded) 
WATERBUCK, WILD-DOGS, WART-HOG AND RHINOS 
(return to nakuru) 
The following is a note from my brother’s diary— 
“ A special object with me was to procure a good 
example of the sing-sing waterbuck, small herds of which 
we had observed feeding both at dawn and dusk on the 
grassy flats far away beyond the marsh. These ante¬ 
lopes, however, are not seen by day, retiring then into 
the thicker bush. 
“ Shortly after daybreak, we marked a herd of eight, 
including one fine bull, which, it seemed, might be 
stalked from within the cover of the marsh itself—this 
being embowered amidst miles of waving rush. This 
operation we proceeded to carry out, but promptly encoun¬ 
tered unforeseen difficulty. For this bog was overknee- 
deep in clinging mire, overgrown with dense marsh-plants, 
flags and papyrus, and intercepted with trailers that 
entangled every step. Moreover, a herd of elephants 
had recently lingered therein, leaving cavernous footprints 
half-a-yard in depth and filled with a compound that it 
would be an injustice to filthy water to describe as 
such. 
“ After half-an-hour of these joys, we descried, above 
the bobbing bulrushes ahead, the tips of those coveted 
horns. But while trying to secure a better view, despite 
all our care, the animals took alarm, moved away, and 
finally offered but a long and difficult shot which produced 
no result. 
“ Rejoicing at least to escape from the mephitic 
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