Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-22

1 rhinoceroses, as to go anywhere near
. them seemed to result In being charE.
. ed We remained In the neighbcr-
; hood for another eight days. devoting
/ the time to smaller game. We found
. the antelope extremely wild, and It
, was only with the greatest difficulty
that was able to get any photographs
at all. Those did get had to be
made with the telephoto lens in near
ly every case.
Seeing that I should not be able to
do very much with the animals of tbs
Olgerei region, | decided to return to
Nairobi. and arrange to start up coun.
try to the Mt. Kenia country. We
broke camp on the morning OF the
18Th and started for Kin, going by
direct route. so that we could make
the trip in one day.
| We were marching along. single file.
the Nasal leading and the porters
bringing up the rear. Suddenly. AS
we walked into a patch of high grass,
the tall Nasal stopped, aud. pointing
ahead. whispered; "KIfarn," SURE
| enough the gray back OF large rhl.
noceros showed above the waving
grass not more than twenty yards
away-directly In our path. This was
rather too sudden, and we quickly re-
allied the value of rapid action. The
lCading of the rifles and the opening
of the ranaro tool. hut N sa,,, c,a,.,t,,
but we were ready none too soon.
The porters had scarcely gone back a
few yards. and had gone little TO
one side, that | might bet a better
view of the beast IN case he charged
tunless he charged me first!. when
that rhinoceros was up and at us.
Never did see anything SO quick. II
seemed Incredible that 30 large an
animal could move with such rapidity.
| focused on him as he rushed toward
c. and the Nasal and the two thor
oughly scared boys who were lust
back of them. Almost unconsciously
released the shutter when. at the
same moment. n shot rang out c.
was trying TO turn TINT animal with a
charge of buckshot The attempt. how.
ever, WAS futile, and the creature came
on without even hesitating. c., re-
alizlng that the shot had failed. fred
a l2'bore ball from the left barrel. and
then. grabbing his revolver. began
firing right into Its head. as II rushed
past him not six feet away, making
straight for the Masai who stood
quietly waiting the onrush. and actu.
ally jumped aside when within touch.
ing distance of the big horn. Having
missed the Massai. It next turned to-
ward me Just as | was endeavoring to
put second plate In position so that
might get picture of the actual en-.
counter. In my hurry did not put
the plate-holder all the way in, as
afterward found to my disappoint.
ment. But just for the moment had
other things with which to occupy my
mind, and the camera became less i'm
portant than the angry beast, when
10 my relief the Masal. with wonder.
ful coolness. drove his spear into the
side of the rhinoceros; that turned
him toward c., who quickly put an.
other revolver shot into Its head, and
that decided the very much confused
animal to leave us alone, and off he
went. heading almost directly toward
the very much frightened caravan.
The wretched porters. seeing the i'm
minent possibility OF trouble, dropped
their loads and ANONYMOUSLY bolted
The Nasal chased the retreating ami
NAL SO closely that when It once turn
ed toward the porters It saw an enemy
within a few yards. armed with a
long. sharp knife; that was too much
for the rhinoceros. and he thought II
better to continue his course.
The Nasal soon returned. and pick
ing up his spear. which had fallen
from the animal. found that It WAS
badly bent.
No sooner had we started the cara
van than we discovered another rhi-
noceros about four hundreds yards
away. When l spoke OF trying to stalk
and photograph it. the expression on
The mems faces was truly ludicrous
They had had enough OF rhinoceroses
for one day and were ready to chuck
| their loads on the smallest provoca-
tion. AS we had long march before
us. gave up the idea OF tackling any
more "side-shows" for the day. We
reached camp late that afternoon.
tired and hot. and glad enough to get
a good bath and something to eat.
Then we talked over the doings Of the
day and decided that we had had all
the rhinoceroses we wanted for some
time.