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hastened to her assistance, thinking it was certainly a 
tiger, but it turned out to be a hyena, and, with the 
help of torches to see by, we shot him ; his face was 
shattered with shot about the upper jaw, nose, and 
eyes. I am going to send one wagon to the Lake, 
as it is so near, and shall hunt along the Tama- 
lakarni as far as Mababe, if there is any sign of 
elephants, and my present intention is, as soon as 
the rains come so as to make the road practicable, 
to trek across to Mosilikatse and try to obtain leave 
from him to hunt next year. I am now convinced 
his is the only country worth a man’s while to 
come in so far. 
August hth [Friday). — On Tuesday we followed 
the fresh spoor of a large herd of elephants for 
nine good hours, and at length most reluctantly, on 
my part, gave them up. We had only two hours’ 
sun left, and they still going away into thirst-land; the 
sun was burning, and we had not a drop of water 
except what the Kaffirs carried, which they drank 
out themselves, the last of them being dead knocked 
up. We had a fearful ride back again on jaded, 
hungry, and thirsty horses, in a bitter cold night, 
and we made the wagon about 10 p.m. Kleinboy 
brought us back straight as an arrow, and we had 
a little moon to help us. Since then I have been 
completely bewildered with the most contradictory 
reports ever heard, one man asserting most positively 
that tsetse abounded a day a-head, that it was certain 
death to horse, dog, and ox, to go even for a single 
