The Washington herald., 1910-08-28

handled all the skins. who. in other
words. was making the expedition OF
permanent value so far as big game was
concerned; and no work at any hour OF
the day or night ever came aniss 70 him
He had already trained eight Wakamba
porters 10 act as SINNERS under his su-
pervisiOn. on hearing OF our success.
he at once said that we ought to march
out TO the game that night so as TO get
70 work by daylight Moreover. we were
not comfortable at leaving only two men
with each carcass, for lions were both
bold and plentiful
The moon rose at eight and we started
as soon as she was above the horizon.
We did not take the horses. because
there was no water where we were going
and, furthermore. we did not like TO eX-
pose them to a possible attack by lions.
The march out by moonlight was good
fun. for though had been out all day, I
had been riding. not walking. and so was
not tired. A hundred porters went with
US so. AS 10 enable Us 20 do the work
quickly and bring back 10 camp ME skins
and ali the meat needed. and these port
ers carried water food for breakfast and
what little was necessary for one-night
camp. We tramped along In single file
under the moonlight. up and down the
Mills. and through the scattered thorn
forest. Kermit and Medlicott went first
and struck such a pace that after an
hour we had TO halt them 80 as TO let
the tail end OF the file OF porters catch
up. Then Capt Slater and set a more
decorous pace. keeping the porters closed
up in line behind US. In another hour
NE began 90 so down q long slope toward
a pin-point OF light in the distance which
we knew was the fire by the rhinoceros.
The porters. like the big children they
were. felt IN high feather. and began 20
chant 20 an accompaniment Of whistling
and horn blowing as we tramped through
the dry grass which was flooded with
silver by the moon. now high in the
heavens.
AS soon as we reached the rhinO. Hell
Ter. with his Wakamba SINNERS, pushed
forward the three-quarters Of a mile 10
the Gland. returning after midnight with
the skin and all the best parts Of the
meat
Around the dead rhino the scene was
lit up both by the moon and by the flick
er Of the fires The porters made their
camp under a small tree. a dozen rods
TO one side OF the carcass, building 4
low circular fence of branches on which
they hung their bright-colored blankets:
two or three big fires blazing to keep or
possible lions. Half as far on the other
side of the ThinO party OF naked saw
ages had established their camp. II camp
it. could be called for really all they did
was TO squat down round a couple OF
fires with a few small bushes disposed
round about. The rhino had been opened,
and they had already taken out of the
carcass what they regarded as titbits and
what we certainly did not grudge them
Between the two camps lay the huge
dead beast, his hide gllstenlng in the
moonlight In each camp the men squat
ted around the fires chatting and laugh
ing as they roasted strips Of meat on
long sticks, the ftful blaze playing over
them. now leaving them in darkness, now
bringing out into a red relief Our own
tent was pitched under another tree a
hundred yards off. and when 1 went TO
sleep 1 could still hear the drumming
and chanting Of our feasting porters: the
savages were less at ease and their revel
was quiet.