From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . arrel hurriedly; the cartridge split at the back, and I wasknocked over a tree two yards behind. That stopped him, and threesolid bullets from the 303 finished him. I found that the first shot had penetrated about 2 ft., smashing allthe shoulder, yet he travelled for two and a half hours, over the steepesthills and through some precipitous water-courses. In cutting off his head, I found an old iron native bullet in the muscleof his neck. We were terribly exhausted from the desperate work in a pitiless sun,and hastily gr
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . arrel hurriedly; the cartridge split at the back, and I wasknocked over a tree two yards behind. That stopped him, and threesolid bullets from the 303 finished him. I found that the first shot had penetrated about 2 ft., smashing allthe shoulder, yet he travelled for two and a half hours, over the steepesthills and through some precipitous water-courses. In cutting off his head, I found an old iron native bullet in the muscleof his neck. We were terribly exhausted from the desperate work in a pitiless sun,and hastily grilled a portion of his liver, which was excellent. A twelve-mile trot brought us back to camp at 7 , and the old chiefturned out in state to meet me, and falling upon his knees, rubbed his facein the dust in token of admiration at my powers of prescience. The natives departed in hundreds there and then to cut up the meat, andarrived early the next morning with the head intact; twenty boys carriedit slung on a pole. Skinning it was a fearful business, and occupied me. CHIPERONI 55 till dark ; toil that I have much regretted, since I find that the skull, skinand many other trophies and curios have been unfortunately lost in transit The old chief again came to me and asked me what I was going to kill:I suggested eland for a change ; and knowing that there were several herdsnear where I had killed the rhinoceros, I set off in that direction, mylocal guides carefully placing a bunch of leaves under a bush on the left-hand side of the path, a proceeding that they informed me ensured success. The country was full of splendid hunting-grounds; the young grass wassprouting from the black peaty soil, and the new foliage of the treesafforded grateful shade, beneath which one could walk for hours withoutencountering any undergrowth. The spoor of buffalo, rhinoceros, sable, and hartebeeste was plentiful, butnothing would satisfy me except eland, and it was not till mid-day that Ifound tr
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