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DELIGHTFUL SCENERY. 
[chap. V. 
had formed a kind of arbour by hacking out with 
a sabre a delightful shady nook in the midst of a 
dense mass of creepers, and there we feasted upon 
a couple of roast fowls that we had procured from 
the natives for glass beads. This was the first meat 
we had tasted s'ince we had quitted Gondokoro. 
At 5.10 p.m. we left this delightful spot, and 
marched. Emerging from the forest we broke upon 
a beautiful plain of fine low grass, bounded on our 
right hand by jungle. This being the cool hour of 
evening the plain was alive with game, including 
buffaloes, zebras, and many varieties of large antelopes. 
It was a most enlivening sight to see them scouring 
over the plain as we advanced; but our large party, 
and three red flags streaming in the breeze, effectually 
prevented us from getting sufficiently near for a shot. 
I was sorely tempted to remain in this Elysium for a 
few days’ shooting, but the importance of an advance 
was too great to permit of any thoughts of amusement; 
thus, I could only indulge a sportsman s feelings by 
feasting my eyes upon the beautiful herds before me. 
At a quarter-past seven we bivouacked in thick 
jungle. In the middle of the night, the watch-fires 
still blazing, I was awoke by a great noise, and upon 
arrival at the spot I found a number of the Turks with 
firebrands, searching upon the ground, which was 
