Page 28 - Adventures in Africa

C H A P T E R II.

W e soon passed through the tsetse district, which

was not more than a couple of miles wide, and, as our
animals showed no appearance of suffering*, we hoped

that they had escaped injury.
W e had determined to encamp early in the day
near a pool fed by a rivulet which fell into the main
stream, in order that we might shoot some game for

our supper. Leaving Jan in charge of the camp, my
uncle and I set off, believing that we could easily find

our way back to the fire* W e had gone some distance
when we caught sight of a herd of antelopes. In
order that we might have a better chance of killing
one of them, my uncle told me to make a wide circuit,

keeping to leeward of the deer towards a clump of
trees? 'whence I might be able to get a favourable

shot, while he lay down concealed by the brushwood
near where we then were.
Taking advantage of all the bushes and trunks ot
trees on the way, I approached the antelopes without

disturbing them. Looking out from the cover I had
gained, I watched the beautiful creatures, hoping that
one of them would come within range of my rifle. It