. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . ; and as we ex-pected to have to cross a widestretch of country without water,we started earlier than Longendoti, which consistsof several peaks of a relativeheight of from 1,000 to 1,300 feet,and the long ridge sloping awayto the north abutting on it, re-mained close to us on our now went due north by fairlystraight paths, the ground beingat first covered with soil, butbarren, whilst later it was strewnwith white sand, in which, how-ever, grew both trees and bush. A MAN DIES OF EXHA
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . ; and as we ex-pected to have to cross a widestretch of country without water,we started earlier than Longendoti, which consistsof several peaks of a relativeheight of from 1,000 to 1,300 feet,and the long ridge sloping awayto the north abutting on it, re-mained close to us on our now went due north by fairlystraight paths, the ground beingat first covered with soil, butbarren, whilst later it was strewnwith white sand, in which, how-ever, grew both trees and bush. A MAN DIES OF EXHAUSTION 119 One broad but dried-up sandy bed of a stream ^Yllic•h we liad tocross was, indeed, fringed with some fine trees, with beautifulfresh green fohage, giving the distiict here and there quite apretty park-hke appearance. Tliere was also a good dealof game; for we saw several zebras, Beisa antelopes, andgazelles; but we might not swerve frora the path to-day. Atabout nine oclock, however, a rhinoceros made a dash at CountTeleki, who brought him down. Of course, our hungry people. A LEOPARD IN CAMP. flung themselves upon the corpse ; but we grudged the time itwould take to divide the meat. Our men, no lonsjer able toquench their thirst whenever they liked, seemed weaker thanever, and the effect on them of want of water was illustrated bythe eagerness with which they fought for the loathsome, dull-green contents of the rhinoceross stomach ; whilst the resultsof short rations for so long were equally apparent. One of ourbest men had died the night before from exhaustion, and fourothers were in such a wretched state that they had to ride. 120 ALONG LAKE RUDOLF After shooting the rhinoceros, whilst the meat was divided,the Count went on to rest beneath the shade of some treesby the dried-up bed of a brook about twenty minutes furtheron. He was just going to sit down when he saw a sohtaryelephant bull, which had also chosen this spot for a siesta,standing, all unconscious of
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