. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . oads of food, whichwould be just enough for our further journey, but must on noaccount be touched before that. Many of the men were, how-ever, so weak that we could not hope to start immediately,and should have to remain some little time longer by theGuaso Nyuki. Now began an arduous time for Count Teleki,who was responsible for feeding the whole caravan, and hewas compelled every day to bring down a certain number ofbij? animals, such as buffaloes or rhinoceroses. This went onuntil February 3, the hunt
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . oads of food, whichwould be just enough for our further journey, but must on noaccount be touched before that. Many of the men were, how-ever, so weak that we could not hope to start immediately,and should have to remain some little time longer by theGuaso Nyuki. Now began an arduous time for Count Teleki,who was responsible for feeding the whole caravan, and hewas compelled every day to bring down a certain number ofbij? animals, such as buffaloes or rhinoceroses. This went onuntil February 3, the hunting being at first confined to a narrow 44 AT NYEMPS district, as the game congregated in the open steppe or on thelow height near the middle course of the Guaso Nyuki; but,of course, the animals grew shyer every day, so that the Counthad to go farther and farther afield. It would take far too long-to tell of the incidents of each days hunting for so extended aperiod. I will, therefore, relate the most thrilling incidents the fifty days since we left Nyemps, the Count had killed. MAHOMMED SEIFF CHARGED BY A BUFFALO. with his own rifle, not one of the men being allowed to fire ashot, no less than 113 large animals, viz., 10 elephants, 61buffaloes, 21 rhinoceroses, 9 zebras, 6 kaama antelopes, 4elands, and 2 kobus antelopes or water-bucks. It would be difficult to form any idea of the amount ofdanger, toil, and fatigue which this summary represents, forthe arduous following up of the badly wounded buffaloes whichescaped after all is not, of course, included in the list of results THE COUNT CHAEGED BY A BUFFALO 45 achieved. Maliommed SeifF and Bedue, wlio always went withtheir master, were quite ill from the daily wear and tear; butfortunately the Count kept well, though he grew very muchgraver and more reserved, which was no wonder, as the dangerhe had to encounter became greater every day. In the lasttwo weeks he was charged eleven times by wounded January 1
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