From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . drop it had mauled it to such an extent that itwas of no further use. As after the first night we heard no lions, we decided to move across tothe Urema. On the way we sighted three eland, but though Sharp and Ichased them for about eight miles we were unsuccessful. Towards the Urema the plain opens out to a great width and becomesvery swampy, and as the water had just subsided, it was covered with shortsweet grass. Here we saw between 40,000 and 50,000 head of game, mostlywildebeeste, who opened out to let us pass and t
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . drop it had mauled it to such an extent that itwas of no further use. As after the first night we heard no lions, we decided to move across tothe Urema. On the way we sighted three eland, but though Sharp and Ichased them for about eight miles we were unsuccessful. Towards the Urema the plain opens out to a great width and becomesvery swampy, and as the water had just subsided, it was covered with shortsweet grass. Here we saw between 40,000 and 50,000 head of game, mostlywildebeeste, who opened out to let us pass and then closed in again was a wonderful sight; vast moving masses of life, as far as the eyecould reach. A fortnight later they had eaten up the grass, and most ofthem were scattered about the surrounding country. Some of the swampswere very bad, and we were finally compelled to camp in the middle farfrom any wood. Sharp and I turned out for an after-tea stroll to kill a crocodile ; he hadhardly left camp when he made his first acquaintance with buffalo ; four 18.
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