BRINDLED WILDEBEEST. 
M 3 
ful as they stand, being in the habit of carrying their 
plain heads rather low, which produces a dejected 
appearance; but when startled they arch their necks, 
and moving with great speed and good action become 
quite graceful. After securing this one I thought I 
might well be satisfied with my day’s work, so re¬ 
turned to camp, after an excellent day’s sport, in 
which I had seen two rhinos, two herds of wilde¬ 
beest, besides single ones, ostriches, zebra, hartebeest, 
Granti, steinbock, big bustard, and secretary-birds. 
I found C- had already returned, having killed 
a wildebeest nearly as good as mine and a secretary- 
bird. The latter, about the size of a crane, is 
grey in colour, rather long in the leg, with a small 
crest of dark plumes, and is a valuable destroyer of 
snakes. 
In the evening B- and IT-came in from the 
Ziwa, as we had intended moving at once to Useri, but 
after seeing the good horns I had brought hack they 
kindly consented to stop and shoot here another day, 
to give me time to get through my skinning. They 
had at the Ziwa killed three moderate rhinos, besides 
hartebeest and a silver-backed jackal, and seen a 
herd of buffalo, which had eluded pursuit by at once 
taking refuge in a swamp covered with tall thick reeds. 
I am glad to say they did not lose anything by the 
delay, as the following day’s shoot resulted in three 
Granti and a very good rhino killed by C-, 
the frontal horn measuring twenty-eight inches in 
length. 
