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EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME. 
end, for he journeyed from Ndara to Maungu, and trust¬ 
ing the natives’ report that there was plenty of water 
farther on at Ziwa-matate, pushed forward at once for 
that station. He arrived there to find no water, and 
had to make a forced march to Ariangulu. It is true 
the return journey is easier than the advance, as it 
is chiefly down hill instead of up, but I should have 
been very sorry to have attempted another eighteen or 
nineteen miles, either up hill or down, on the top of 
the fifty-three we had just accomplished. 
The jungle around our present camp was thick with 
trees of greater size than any we had as yet passed, and 
the general appearance of the surrounding country gave 
promise of better sport. In the morning I shot a quail 
and a few partridges, and later on in the afternoon we 
all went out to look for larger game. I took the 
direction of Ndara, where the country is more open, 
and before long sighted a small antelope ; some three 
miles farther on I came across a herd of liartebeest, and 
at once proceeded to stalk them, a somewhat slow and 
tedious undertaking, as the ground was very unsuitable. 
By good luck I got a right and left shot, knocking over 
a bull and a cow—a rather creditable performance, for 
I bowled over the latter while she was galloping, and 
at a distance of about 150 yards. On seeing them fall, 
the men with me rushed up in great delight, scenting a 
good feast. These liartebeest (sivahili Kongoni ) are 
of the species known as Cokii, and though uncommon 
in most parts of Africa, are very plentiful here ; indeed 
later on we often found their presence seriously inter- 
