From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . BALEGGA KNIFE, -WEST OF ALBERT LAKE. SEMLIKI VALLEY AND KAVALLIS COUNTRY 229 object in view I sallied forth with a guide who was to take me to theelephant country. He wandered about for two or three hours in countrythat an elephant would not look at through a telescope, and whenever Isaid that I wanted elephant, he nodded his head and said, Oh yes,elephant. Then suddenly, as if a bright idea had struck him, he said, Oh yes, elephant! and promptly walked back through camp to a narrowspit jutting out into the lake and abo
From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north . BALEGGA KNIFE, -WEST OF ALBERT LAKE. SEMLIKI VALLEY AND KAVALLIS COUNTRY 229 object in view I sallied forth with a guide who was to take me to theelephant country. He wandered about for two or three hours in countrythat an elephant would not look at through a telescope, and whenever Isaid that I wanted elephant, he nodded his head and said, Oh yes,elephant. Then suddenly, as if a bright idea had struck him, he said, Oh yes, elephant! and promptly walked back through camp to a narrowspit jutting out into the lake and about a quarter of a mile distcint. As Icould see water on both sides and short grass in front, I thought he meant. BALEGGA NECKLETS OP IRON, ALBERT LAKE. hippo, or was mad, inclining to the latter belief; but no, he was quiteconfident and stalked along muttering to himself, Yes, elephant! Yes,elephant! (as much as to say, Who would have thought it ? ); and sureenough there were nine elephant in the reeds in the lake at the end of thespit. The place was a mass of vegetation and honeycombed with elephant-holes. I dropped one with a single shot. As I had expected, after a day of very hot sun, the odour was too tempt-ing, and the Balegga swarmed down from the hills and brought me whatfood I wanted. I shot another elephant the following evening. He was 230 FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO about a mile out in the lake feeding on the weed, and we paddled uj) quiteclose in a canoe, totally ignored till I fired. This meant another daysdelay to cut out his tusks, so I went for a stroll in the evening and cameon a small herd of buffalo; they were very small compared with the SouthAfrican species, and amongst them were
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