I Warned Him That He Had
Better Be Careful That A Lion Did Not Scent The
Meat, As If It Did It Would Be Sure To Follow Up And
Kill Him.
Of course I did not mean this seriously;
but Mabruki was a great glutton, and by no
means courageous, so I wanted to frighten him.
As we trudged along towards the hill, I heard a
peculiar noise behind a small rising on our right,
and on looking over the crest, I was delighted
to see two beautiful giraffe feeding peacefully a
little distance away and straining their long necks
to get at the tops of some mimosa-like trees, while
a young one was lying down in the grass quite
close to me. For some time I remained
concealed, watching the full-grown pair with great
interest: they had evidently just come up from
the river, and were slowly making their way back
to their home on the escarpment. They seemed
on the most affectionate terms, occasionally
entwining their great long necks and gently
biting each other on the shoulders. Much as I
should have liked to have added a giraffe to
my collection of trophies, I left them undisturbed,
as I think it a pity to shoot these rather rare and
very harmless creatures, unless one is required for
a special purpose.
We pushed on, accordingly, towards the
escarpment, for I was very impatient to get to the top
and explore a place where I felt convinced no
other white man had ever set foot.
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