CHAPTER XVI. 
Mv first buffalo—The first lion bagged by C.—Alligators—Surrounded by 
buffalo—The bush-buck—The W’Arusha—Baboons and wildebeest 
—My first lion—A buffalo and a rhino secured with a right and left 
shot—B. attacked by a buffalo—W’Arusha thieves—Visit to Sina. 
I had one capital clay’s shoot from this camp, as in the 
early morning I secured a very fair mpallah, in addition 
to three wart-hog, a big sow and boar, and a half-grown 
porker which I thought would be good for the pot; and 
later on, after bringing down some splendid rocketing 
sand-grouse and several spur-fowl, finished up the 
day’s sport before noon with two buffalo. It was just 
as I was thinking about returning to camp that I 
caught sight of this last most attractive game standing 
under a thick mimosa. At first I could only see one, 
which I stalked through a dry nullah to within twenty 
yards of his shelter, but with the disappointing result 
of finding he had disappeared from view. I then left 
the nullah, and creeping up foot by foot, halted within 
fifteen yards of the mimosa, until, after a moment of 
suspense and excitement, out dashed one of the beasts 
and galloped wildly across the plain in front of me. 
At a distance of about twenty yards I gave him both 
barrels of the eight-bore, the first making him stagger, 
and the second bringing him to the ground on his nose ; 
but he quickly recovered himself, and, to my great 
