. From the Niger to the Nile . IX IBT MARKET giraffe and buffalo, but these animals the natives told himwould not come there again till the grass had started growingwith the rains. He managed to secure a magnificent water-buck with record horns of 29f in. The kob in this part alsocarry remarkably fine horns, and it is not unusual to getthem measuring 20 in. On this expedition Gosling didmany long stalks after Senegal hartebeest. which were diffi-cult to get a clear sight of owing to the thickness of the bush. 42 FROM THE NIGER TO THE NILE and hard to approach as they were nearly always feeding
. From the Niger to the Nile . IX IBT MARKET giraffe and buffalo, but these animals the natives told himwould not come there again till the grass had started growingwith the rains. He managed to secure a magnificent water-buck with record horns of 29f in. The kob in this part alsocarry remarkably fine horns, and it is not unusual to getthem measuring 20 in. On this expedition Gosling didmany long stalks after Senegal hartebeest. which were diffi-cult to get a clear sight of owing to the thickness of the bush. 42 FROM THE NIGER TO THE NILE and hard to approach as they were nearly always feeding incompany with kob, who get restless and snort and stamp atthe approach of danger, communicating their fear to theircompanions. Once, he crept to within a hundred yards ofa large herd of hartebeest which he watched for an NATIVE METHOD OF CUPPING They were in the open ; some standing still and others lyingdown ; and of all ages, ranging from fresh weaned calves tobucks with heavy horns. They were much worried by theflies and their big ears and long tails were continually on themove. Sometimes one would start and run fifty yards or so,driven by the sudden pain of a bite. On one occasion hesaw two hartebeest feeding in the open in the middle of aherd of kob, through which he successfully crawled on handsand knees without starting them, and dropped one of thehartebeest at 200 yards as they were moving off. The satis-faction at this kill was somewhat spoiled, however, by hisgun-boys breaking the stock of his twelve-bore gun, usingit to club the wounded animal, which the boy alleged had OUR JOURNEY UP THE NIGER AND BENUE 43 attacked him. That evening he returned to liis camp verytired, and ate his dinner under difficulties owing to the cloudsof moths and insects which swarmed round his lamp, darken-ing the
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