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ON SAFARI 
I brought my glass to bear : and there, apparently in the 
midst of the flying zebras, rode the General, who had 
thus utilised those animals to screen an advance on his 
three kongoni. It was a clever manoeuvre, and he well 
deserved the splen¬ 
did 23j-in. head 
of Bubalis j achsoni 
that it produced. 
Note that at 
this point—that is, 
due north of the 
crater of Mehingai 
—the range of these 
two species of harte- 
beest overlaps. We 
had, as stated, that 
morning obtained 
an example of Neu¬ 
mann s hartebeest 
(which w T e had 
hitherto only found 
to the east of Na- 
kuru) a league or 
more to the west¬ 
ward of the spot, 
near Costello’s 
Shamba, where this 
Jackson’s hartebeest 
was slain. 
This veld is frequented by wart-hogs in considerable 
numbers. One day as we rode along together, a big 
solitary boar was observed to disappear in a patch of 
grass. This grass, on nearer approach, was seen to be 
of no great extent, perhaps a couple of acres. My 
brother, accordingly, went round to the leeward, while, 
with a couple of “ boys,” I rode through the covert 
from above. Presently the boar broke away with a rush 
from under my pony’s feet, snorting and grunting. It 
took the desired direction, and dropping to the shot, lay 
