thicket, and off we set to pursue her. Arriving at the
place mentioned, I settled at once I would enter with only two spare men
carrying guns, for the acacia thorns were so thick that the only tracks
into the thicket were runs made by these animals. Leading myself,
bending down to steal in, I tracked up a run till half-way through
cover, when suddenly before me, like a pig from a hole, a large female,
with her young one behind her, came straight down whoof-whoofing upon
me. In this awkward fix I forced myself to one side, though pricked all
over with thorns in doing so, and gave her one on the head which knocked
her out of my path, and induced her for safety to make for the open,
where I followed her down and gave her another. She then took to the
hills and crossed over a spur, when, following after her, in another
dense thicket, near the head of a glen, I came upon three, who no sooner
sighted me, than all in line they charged down my way. Fortunately at
the time my gun-bearers were with me; so, jumping to one side, I struck
them all three in turn. One of them dropped dead a little way on; but
the others only pulled up when they arrived at the bottom. To please
myself now I had done quite enough; but as the princes would have it, I
went on with the chase. As one of the two, I could see, had one of his
fore-legs broken, I went at the sounder one, and gave him another shot,
which simply induced him to walk over the lower end of the hill. Then
turning to the last one, which could not escape, I asked the Wanyambo to
polish him off with their spears and arrows, that I might see their
mode of sport. As we moved up to the animal, he kept charging with such
impetuous fury, they could not go into him; so I gave him a second ball,
which brought him to anchor. In this helpless state the men set at him
in earnest, and a more barbarous finale I never did witness. Every man
sent his spear, assage, or arrow, into his sides, until, completely
exhausted, he sank like a porcupine covered with quills. The day's sport
was now ended, so I went home to breakfast, leaving instructions that
the heads should be cut off and sent to the king as a trophy of what the
white man could do.

10th and 11th.--The next day, when I called on Rumanika, the spoils were
brought into court, and in utter astonishment he said, "Well, this must
have been done with something more potent than powder, for neither the
Arabs nor Nnanaji, although they talk of their sh