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EAST AFRICA AND ITS TIG GAME. 
head, including two oryx-beisa, one lioness, four wilde¬ 
beest, several very good Granti, one ostrich, one reed- 
buck, one serval or tiger-cat, &c. Jackson had also 
come back from a visit to Mandara, but Count Teleki 
had left to visit Miriale, a small chief living between 
the Wa-mooi and Wa-rhombu. Plis intention was, I 
believe, to ascend the mountain from that place, and 
we afterwards heard that he made a gallant attempt, 
but failed to gain the summit. 
Our trip had now practically come to an end, and all 
that remained to be done was to dress our head-skins 
and pack them up as well as possible for the journey down 
to the coast. While C-and I were thus busily 
employed, B-and IJ-, who intended staying in 
those parts a few months longer, set out for the jungle 
surrounding Kahe, with the determination to work 
seriously for elephants; but the day after their de¬ 
parture special messengers from Mr. Ilolmwood arrived 
at Taveta, bearing the sad tidings of a sudden bereave¬ 
ment in B-’s family, which naturally cast a gloom 
over us all. In consequence of this grievous news 
C-and I delayed our departure for a day, in order 
that B-might rejoin us in time to march back with 
us to the coast. On this account it was not till April 
21 st that we bade a regretful farewell to the hospitable 
Wa-taveta and to our headquarters camp, where we 
had spent such a pleasant time. More simple-minded 
or kindlier natives than the Wa-taveta I never expect 
to meet, and they have my best wishes for remaining 
as happy as we found them, undisturbed either by the 
