CHAPTER XVIII. 
Elephants—A novel cure for a headache—A successful snap-shot at a 
buffalo—Abundance of game on the Abarri river—Wart-hog and 
eland—Return to Taveta—Revisit Lake Jipe. 
There was not much inducement to remain here, as 
the bush was thick and the game not over plentiful, so 
we marched on due east for another two hours. We 
came across numerous fresh tracks, which proved that 
elephants were evidently on the move and coming 
down from the mountain, a fact which decided us to halt 
here for a few days, especially as some of our men, who 
had been sent out shortly after our arrival to explore 
the proposed road for the following day, reported that 
they had come upon a herd of twenty beasts with some 
fine tuskers amongst them. Personally I was very glad 
of the halt, as at this time I was suffering from a bad 
attack of fever, and was, indeed, hardly able to move 
for several days. 
The others fell in with water-buck and wart-hog, but 
did not shoot, for fear of disturbing any elephants that 
might be in the neighbourhood. In this part of the 
country, the jungle was very thick in some places, and 
swampy in others; so, although there was every indica¬ 
tion of the existence of elephants, B-and C- 
were the only two who saw a single specimen, a very fine 
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