Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu . ther inlandthan when Count Teleki visited it. There were largeherds of zebras, hartebeests, and Thompsons gazelles graz-ing about on all sides of the caravan, apparently littledisturbed by our presence. The zebras merely walkedslowly from the way of the caravan, and then, stoppingabout thirty yards ol^, stood staring curiously at us tillwe had passed them. Of course there was no sport shoot=ing these tame animals, and I would only bring downabout one beast a day for food. The mosquitoes werevery bad, so that
Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu . ther inlandthan when Count Teleki visited it. There were largeherds of zebras, hartebeests, and Thompsons gazelles graz-ing about on all sides of the caravan, apparently littledisturbed by our presence. The zebras merely walkedslowly from the way of the caravan, and then, stoppingabout thirty yards ol^, stood staring curiously at us tillwe had passed them. Of course there was no sport shoot=ing these tame animals, and I would only bring downabout one beast a day for food. The mosquitoes werevery bad, so that my boys even could hardly sleep atnight. Many boils broke out on my body as soon asI returned to Rusia, and these gave me much pain onthe march. I tried riding a donkey, but found that]worse than walking. When we started out on thesecond days march I could scarcely get along at all,,and had to be helped by two of my boys. It wasnecessary for me to rest often, and during one of thesehalts the snort of a rhino was heard close at next moment the animal walked out from behind. THE ELMOLO —SHOOTING WATER BUCK. 327 a bush, giving me a good shot at a distance of onlytwenty-five yards. It was hard for me to steady myrifle, but fortunately my first shot struck the animallow down and just behind the shoulder, causing himto dance about for a few seconds and then drop deadon his back, with all four feet up in the air. As I couldgo no farther, we were now obliged to camp. The following afternoon, however, we made anothermarch. The natives were burning up the country every-where, so as to attract the srame, as the tender orreen irrasswhich springs up on burnt ground is especially enjoyedby all kinds of antelopes and gazelles. The glare fromthe sun was very disagreeable, and the heat was intenseduring the middle of the day, the thermometer runningup to 105° in the shade, while in the night-time it wouldbe between 85 and 90^. We passed many Elmolo ofRusia along the shore, living i
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