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EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME. 
had once caught sight of an alligator, but how it came 
there, seeing there is no apparent outlet, he could not 
explain. We walked round to the south side, and I took 
several photographs of the lake from different points; but, 
to my great regret, most of them have turned out badly, 
especially one, in which I included old Ivibo with his 
white head poking out above a mass of clouds. 
After leaving Lake Cala we had a hot march, of about 
four miles, before reaching the welcome outskirts of 
Taveta forest. Here we halted under a grand tree some 
two hundred feet in height, and measuring thirty-two 
feet in circumference, and, after a short rest, slowly 
wended our way through the forest until we reached 
our headquarters. 
On the whole, I think we had every reason to be 
satisfied with the result of our fortnight’s shooting- 
trip. Forty-thre6 rhinos, besides wildebeest, harte- 
beest, Granti, mpallah, steinbock, oryx, striped and 
spotted hysena, wart-hog, and silver-backed fox—a total 
of seventy-five head. 
All the rhino we killed were of the black species 
with prehensile lips (Rhinoceros bicornis). They 
are in the habit of feeding in the bush during the 
night, and at about io A.M. seek the open plains, select¬ 
ing a spot, generally a clay puddle shaded by a solitary 
busb, where they lie down to sleep during the heat 
of the day. At about 5 p.m. they wake up and move 
slowly to the bush ; therefore the easiest times to spy 
them are between 9.30 and 11 A.M., and from 4 to 6 
p.m. ; at these hours they may be found standing still and 
