CHAPTER XIV. 
A river encampment—A good day’s sport, and a narrow sbave—A donkey 
in trouble—Return to Simba camp—Lake Gala—Characteristics of the 
rhinoceros. 
We struck our camp on January 28th, moving some 
eight miles down the river. O11 the way we might have 
shot numerous zebra and hartebeest, as the natives on 
either side drove everything they saw in our direction, 
hoping we would provide a farewell feast. After 
realising their object, we shot one hartebeest, leaving 
them to deal with its remains on the national principle 
of first come first served. 
We selected a very favourable spot for a camp near 
a bend of the river, where tall shady trees protected 
us from a heavy downpour of rain, lasting nearly two 
hours, which probably accounted for my being laid up 
with a relapse of fever. During the evening Caceche, 
the head-man, came in, having duly delivered our pre¬ 
sent to the chief of Useri, who expressed himself 
much pleased, and only regretted we could not prolong 
our trip and hunt the Ivimengelia district, where, he 
declared, buffaloes and rhinos were killing his men 
every day. The chief sent us a return present in the 
form of a bullock, which arrived in detachments, as 
the poor beast was too fat to walk any distance, 
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