Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph elephanthuntingi00neum Year: 1898 V NDOROBO ELEPHANT-HUNTING 99 and fetch his family to commence cutting up the meat. The whole community of Ndorobos now shifted their quarters and went and camped near the carcase, so that they might be near their work ; and for several da}'s I could not get any of them to go out hunting with me, so much t
Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph elephanthuntingi00neum Year: 1898 V NDOROBO ELEPHANT-HUNTING 99 and fetch his family to commence cutting up the meat. The whole community of Ndorobos now shifted their quarters and went and camped near the carcase, so that they might be near their work ; and for several da}'s I could not get any of them to go out hunting with me, so much taken up were they with feasting and drying for future use strips of meat and even pieces of the skin. For when pushed by hunger, as very frequently happens, they are glad to fall back upon old bits of elephant or rhinoceros hide, which they cook and eat. It is ' t)ne would not have known he was dead.' a curious sight to see a party of these people, men, women, and children, swarming around, upon, and inside the carcase of an elephant, like ants with a big beetle, fairly wallowing in gore and thoroughly enjoying themselves. I was not myself averse to a couple of days' spell, having fever on me; for though I am so thoroughly salted, from many bygone encounters with this enemy of African travellers during long years of wandering in unhealthy regions, as to be so far fever-proof that I am never laid up or incapacitated for any needful exertion, I still feel the attacks to the extent of their
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