get
a twilight shot when the glimmering ivory of his front sight is barely
visible. Otherwise he must go into the thicket.

As an illustration of the first condition might be instanced an
afternoon on the Tana. The weather was very hot. We had sent three lots
of men out in different directions, each under the leadership of one
of the gunbearers, to scout, while we took it easy in the shade of our
banda, or grass shelter, on the bank of the river. About one o'clock
a messenger came into camp reporting that the men under Mavrouki had
traced a herd to its lying-down place. We took our heavy guns and
started.

The way led through thin scrub up the long slope of a hill that broke
on the other side into undulating grass ridges that ended in a range of
hills. These were about four or five miles distant, and thinly wooded
on sides and lower slopes with what resembled a small live-oak growth.
Among these trees, our guide told us, the buffalo had first been
sighted.

The sun was very hot, and all the animals were still. We saw impalla in
the scrub, and many giraffes and bucks on the plains. After an hour and
a half's walk we entered the parklike groves at the foot of the hills,
and our guide began to proceed more cautiously. He moved forward a few
feet, peered about, retraced his steps. Suddenly his face broke into a
broad grin. Following his indication we looked up, and there in a tree
almost above us roosted one of our boys sound asleep! We whistled at
him. Thereupon he awoke, tried to look very alert, and pointed in the
direction we should go. After an interval we picked up another sentinel,
and another, and another until, passed on thus from one to the next,
we traced the movements of the herd. Finally we came upon Mavrouki and
Simba under a bush. From them, in whispers, we learned that the buffalo
were karibu sana-very near; that they had fed this far, and were now
lying in the long grass just ahead. Leaving the men, we now continued
our forward movement on hands and knees, in single file. It was very hot
work, for the sun beat square down on us, and the tall grass kept off
every breath of air. Every few moments we rested, lying on our faces.
Occasionally, when the grass shortened, or the slant of ground tended
to expose us, we lay quite flat and hitched forward an inch at a time by
the strength of our toes. This was very severe work indeed, and we were
drenched in perspiration. In fact, as I had been feeling quite ill al