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failure hovered in the balance, eventually we reached the 
solid land beyond, possibly the first white men who had 
ever set foot thereon. 1 
Hardly had we landed than the fresh spoor of buffalo, 
converging- on the watering-place, with other unmis- 
“ Treading on his Tail.”— (Spotted Hyena). 
takable sign, convinced us that that element of chance 
above defined, looked uncommonly like materialising. 
From the start this forest proved full of game. Tiang 
and cob were ubiquitous ; we passed troops of waterbuck 
sheltering in deep shade, reedbucks on the outskirts, 
oribi among the thinner bush ; while the erstwhile marshy 
khors (now sun-baked hard as bricks) were traversed 
by the giant slot of giraffes, and elephants had broken 
down trees by the acre. 
1 The spot is shown in photo facing p. 200. 
