. Two African trips, with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa; . rkings of a leopard. It had dashed away in front ofhim, and, though he could only follow its movement bythe waving of the grass, he had put a lucky bullet throughits leg. Though I use the word, I ought to say that nearlyall Charlies bullets had a happy knack. Anyhow thismisguided cat, feeling her wound, sprang up a tree, fromwhich she fell an easy victim. Later we had news of the return of our camels totheir camp, an excellent piece of work on Talibs part,for it meant a thirty miles march since morning. Wewer
. Two African trips, with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa; . rkings of a leopard. It had dashed away in front ofhim, and, though he could only follow its movement bythe waving of the grass, he had put a lucky bullet throughits leg. Though I use the word, I ought to say that nearlyall Charlies bullets had a happy knack. Anyhow thismisguided cat, feeling her wound, sprang up a tree, fromwhich she fell an easy victim. Later we had news of the return of our camels totheir camp, an excellent piece of work on Talibs part,for it meant a thirty miles march since morning. Wewere anxious to escape from the mosquito zone, andin the morning the whole cavalcade with their Arabowners and the camel sheikh turned up early, with agreat hullaballoo, inside our zareba. These Blue Nilecamels are fine shapely creatures, able easily to carry from360 lbs. to 400 lbs., which is much beyond the capacity ofa Somali or Egyptian camel. Their masters were lessattractive, and showed a most unpleasant independence,not to say impertinence. If the merciful man is merciful h. r. i- UJ -1 0 H THE WHITE NILE 65 to his beast, these Arabs were conspicuous for that had an acute perception for a light load, and a greatalacrity in packing it up and escaping outside the camel-sheikh had a superb manner and a gift ofdignified speech, but he was more afraid of his men thanof us. Our salvation lay in this : these Arabs have apassionate desire for meat. Thus we held the key of theposition. The withholding of meat had a better disciplinaryeffect than the sheikhs courbatch. Charlie and the Boy were excellent whippers-in, andquickly brought back these shirkers and compelled themto take up their proper burdens. In these arrangementsHassan bore a conspicuous but not useful part. Hisinflated manner did not impose on the self-willed Arabs,and his lofty air gave way to screaming invective followedby a stage of gaping impotence. The night before, he hadomitted to bake t
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