regular dances, the chief musician being one 
of their own number who carried an extraor¬ 
dinary kind of native harpand after their 
loads were allotted 
they marched out of 
camp singing and 
blowing their horns 
and whistles. Three 
askaris brought up 
the rear to look af¬ 
terlaggards, and see 
that no weak or sick 
man fell out without 
our knowing or be¬ 
ing able to give him 
help. 
The trail led first 
through open brush, 
or low dry forest, 
and then out on the 
vast plains, where 
the withered grass 
was dotted here and 
therewith low, scan¬ 
tily leaved thorn- 
trees, from three to 
eight feet high. 
Hour after hour we Every one rested under th 
drew slowly ahead through 
under the shimmer- From a photograph 
ing moonlight. The 
horsemen walked first, with the gun-bearers, 
saises, and usually a few very energetic and 
powerful porters; then came the safari in 
single file; and then the lumbering white- 
topped wagons, the patient oxen walking 
easily, each team led by a half-naked savage 
with frizzed hair and a spear or throwing- 
stick in his hand, while at intervals the long 
whips of the drivers cracked like rifles. The 
dust rose in clouds 
from the dry earth, 
and soon covered all 
of us; in the distance 
herds of zebra and 
hartebeest gazed at 
us as we passed, and 
we saw the old spoor 
of rhino, beasts we 
hoped to avoid, as 
they often charge 
such a caravan. 
Slowly the shad¬ 
ows lengthened; the 
light waned, the 
glare of the white, 
dusty plain was soft¬ 
ened, and the bold 
outlines of the dis¬ 
tant mountains grew 
dim. Just before 
nightfall we halted 
on the further side 
of a dry water- 
e fl - tent at noon in the trek COUrSe. The Safari 
the 5 Thirst n0 ° n m came up singing and 
by Kermit Roosevelt. whistling, and the 
men put down their 
loads, lit fires, and with chatter and laugh¬ 
ter prepared their food. The crossing was 
not good, the sides of the watercourse being 
steep; and each wagon was brought through 
by a double span, the whips cracking lustily 
as an accompaniment to the shouts of the 
