August, 1909. ~29-. 
io August, 1909. ~30— 
$104) trail but did not come up to the elephants after a ten hours walk, 17: 
(168) elephants were travelling and no dung was found along the trail, At noon 
(105) Rained all day. Caught several fins peromyacus in the wooda, one dormouse 
f eee . ines ges aa we all met on the ridge and rerted a shor times "™.R. and R.J.G. then 
and several Grocidura. riled the head light on hyvax in the forest but 
ER SALE SS, went on without the safari and turned back along the base of the ridge. 
found nothing. %.J3.0. found many elephant spoor but sav no animeis, 
Hear they heard elephant feeding and breaking twigs and in about half an 
(107) 16: Left camp at 8 A.M. with 10 porters and provisions for three days. 
hour they came up to & large bull in thick brush. 7.8, fired two shots 
Day misty. Skirted the lower edge of the shamhas keeping in the shariba 
at this fellow at 20 yards, hitting him first ahove the eye and knocking 
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country until noon when ve entered the forest. Cur general direction was 
hin down; when he got up he hit him again in the brain and he dropped 
northwest. Saw no buck tracks or ewridence of geme in the shambas. Soon ; | 
dead. As he shot another large bull cama forward through the thick brush 
after entering the forest we picked an elephant track which was quite 
immediately abore him.{109) R.d.C,. put tro hote in this fellow in the 
fresh and which we followed. I followed at some distance with the ten 
shoulder and he turned and fled. Kayani trailed him later and found him 
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porters and a few Tdorobo-Kikayn guides. “e finally lost 7.R. track but 
about three miles avay standing badly wounded. lis party shouted #t him 
kept on some elephant tracka and Sinally at 2 P.M. Jwmed apparently but he paid no attention nor moved. Skinned the head out and the ek 
; ton ne + Skinned the head out and the skin 
three from a dense pateh of brvoh as about 30 yards. Soon after we found 
from the top side but could not roll over the carcass. Saw 4 herd of 
2, agein and continued on the tracks of there three which had bolted. ; 
Colobus monkeys early in the A.M. FA Re left for samp. “We finally 
".R. got fairly close to them at 3.50 when I heard them bold. A Hdorobo 3 
rolled the elephant and skinned out She underside and finished off the 
who climbed a tree said he could seem two, apparently there were three, ie 
head and ears. “eather bright but cool. in the evening the Udorobo sang 
(106) a 3, 2 and a young. Bede camp(106).a4 8 P.M. at the edge of & small 
loudly for some time. One of the men lead and composed as he went and 
swamp. In the grass nearby I saw the large droppings of the giant rat, 
the others joined in a rollicking chorus of which hyya-hyya was the 
Gricetomys and also the wide treils through the grass. Soon after tuming 
chief component. Heard a hyaene during the night. Saw the tracks of one 
in, about 9 P.M. a hysena set up & tremendous roar like that of a Lion 
near the oarcass. 21: The safari cane in ab breakfast time with the salt 
or perhaps a moose. “ree hyrax heané everywhere in the tree’. A food 
and tents. Salted the skins and pared down the two forefoot pieces and 
many flocks of parrots flew over to their roosting places, also a few : 
the head. The stomach contents considted largely (110) of twigs and the 
crested ibis. Some very large trees were seen seattered through the 
leaves of bushes. Mo grass was founé. Puring the afternoon herd of 
foreste A tree with heavy buttressed trunk Like the Seiba of 10-15 feet 
elephants in passing got the wind of camp and they remained near for 
diameter was seen. A commoner one had 4 fin-lLike --- on the trunks 
15 minutes screaming loudly and trumpeting. Oo nights ago the elephants 
iis also grew to & Large size and about 8-10 feet in diameter. Sav one 
eame close to the base camp at 10 ('olock when they were heard stampeding. 
or two heaps of Zanzibar antelope dunk. “There is apparently very Little 
22: Early in the moming before daylight elephants were heard trumpeting 
life in the forest although thero in mich brush and grass with few large 
by some of the safari, ‘*inished paring down ali the pieces of elephant 
trees, Podoosrpus are rather small and 1-1 1/2 feet in diameter and 
ee except a few hind feet on one of the hind quarters. A pair of white necked 
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108) rather few. (108) A few small Dracenas were seen and thickets of black 
ravens visited us in the morning and flew down to the skull and picked 
berry bushes but no bamboo, Acacias Aeanthus, Juniper Like the Heu forest. 
J f out the meat on it. Last evening heard soveral hysenas about the elephant 
19; Went back and picked up the tadi we left at 6 A.u. We followed the | : 
carcass and went out with the acebylene Light but could shine none. Heard 
trail to a swamp where fresher spoor was found andi this we followed. It 
{111} them scamper away through the forert however. (111) 23: Caught only Kus 
led us up and along the summit of & ridge for & long way. Here the 
peromyscus and a closely related onc vith lighter colors and smaller feet. 

