We Had A Delightful Picnic, And My Guests Greatly Enjoyed Their Night In The Open, Although One Of Them Got Rather A Bad Fright From A Rhino Which Suddenly Snorted Close To Our Camp, Evidently Very Annoyed At Our Intrusion On His Domain.

In the morning they went off as soon as it was light to try their luck along the river, while I remained in camp to see to breakfast.

After an hour or more, however, they all returned, empty-handed but very hungry; so when they had settled down to rest after a hearty meal, I thought I would sally forth and see if I could not meet with better success. I had gone only a short distance up the right bank of the river, when I thought I observed a movement among the bushes ahead of me. On the alert, I stopped instantly, and the next moment was rewarded by seeing a splendid bush-buck advance from the water in a most stately manner. I could only make out his head and neck above the undergrowth, but as he was only some fifty yards off, I raised my rifle to my shoulder to fire. This movement at once caught his eye, and for the fraction of a second he stopped to gaze at me, thus giving me time to aim at where I supposed his shoulder to be. When I fired, he disappeared so suddenly and so completely that I felt sure that I had missed him, and that he had made off through the bush.

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