In The First Object We Succeeded Well, As "The
Bags" We Made Counted Two Brindled Gnu, Four Water-Boc, One
Pallah-Boc, And One Pig, - Enough To Feed Abundantly The Whole
Camp Round.
The feast was all the better relished as the men
knew well that no Arab master would have given
Them what he could
sell; for if a slave shot game, the animals would be the
master's, to be sold bit by bit among the porters, and
compensated from the proceeds of their pay. In the variety and
number of our game we were disappointed, partly because so many
wounded got away, and partly because we could not find what we
knew the park to contain, in addition to what we killed - namely,
elephants, rhinoceros, giraffes, buffaloes, zebra, and many
varieties of antelopes, besides lions and hyenas. In fact, "the
park," as well as all the adjacent land at the foot of the hills,
is worth thinking of, with a view to a sporting tour as well as
scientific investigation.
A circumstance arose here, which, insignificant though it
appeared, is worth noting, to show how careful one must be in
understanding and dealing with negro servants. Quite
unaccountably to myself, the general of my Wanguana, Baraka,
after showing much discontent with his position as head of
Captain Grant's establishment, became so insolent, that it was
necessary to displace him, and leave him nothing to do but look
after the men. This promoted Frij, who enjoyed his rise as much
as Baraka, if his profession was to be believed, enjoyed his
removal from that office.
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