. 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. Elephant hunting; Hunting. 334 ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA very dry one, as is proved both by the appearance of the country and the poverty of its vegetation, and also by the fact that the natives find it does not pay to cultivate except in the damp ground close to the water. These thunderstorms of which I have spoken brought out a tinge of green grass over the open ground sur
. 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. Elephant hunting; Hunting. 334 ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA very dry one, as is proved both by the appearance of the country and the poverty of its vegetation, and also by the fact that the natives find it does not pay to cultivate except in the damp ground close to the water. These thunderstorms of which I have spoken brought out a tinge of green grass over the open ground surrounding my. Topi HaRTEBEESTE i, [Damaliscusjimela). camp—" the country sweated green," as a Zulu would have ex- pressed it. There was a broad level valley behind, overlooked by my ridge, and in this the topi antelope used often to collect towards evening or in the early morning. They were sometimes literally in thousands, the flat for a mile or more being covered with them, collected in one enormous herd. During March all the cows seemed to have calved, and I used to enjoy watching the gambols of the troops of light fawn-coloured calves, racing. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Neumann, Arthur H. London : R. Ward, limited
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