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yon—I start early myself in morning to watch the 
nyumbo (wildebeest).” 
Following is my brother’s description of his almost 
unlooked-for success with the wildebeests— 
“ The white-bearded gnu, or blue wildebeest, so 
familiar to travellers on the Uganda railway, is an 
excessively wild animal, yet not difficult to circumvent, 
provided a few easily-applied rules are observed. 
“ Scattered on open plains in herds, or often singly, 
hooded co be A [Naja haje )—Both strikes direct and also ejects poison. 
it is out of the question to approach them by any 
ordinary stalking, as a very few days’ trial will convince. 
Besides, it’s worse than unsportsmanlike, it’s criminal to 
fire at animals at 500 yards. If you kill, it’s a fluke, 
for which you deserve to be kicked rather than com¬ 
plimented. 
“ I spent three weeks among the wildebeests last year 
—a fortnight in utterly futile efforts to Secure a single 
specimen. The first really useful observation came to 
us early one morning. We were seated on a perfectly 
open plain without attempt at concealment, when day¬ 
light filled the scene, and showed us four or five troops 
of wildebeest standing within view. Knowing so well 
that they were inaccessible, we remained motionless, 
