were being slowly exhausted by the necessary purchase
of food; and the state of my health was such
that I could not go shooting, and thereby relieve in
great measure this drain upon my stores. I felt as
if caged in a trap, depressed with sickness, irritated
by the delay, and anxious for the safety of George
and his party. Finding us more anxious than ever
to purchase food, the Daitcho people mercenarily
attempted a rise in the prices; but after summoning
Bykender, and giving him clearly to understand that
we would continue to pay the prices we had been
paying, no more nor less, the people gave up their
attempt at extortion.
In a few days the men I had sent to replenish the
store at Sayer returned. The party was composed
entirely of the new-comers, and their leader reported
that they had been mutinous and troublesome on the
march.
During the rains three small antelopes visited the
hill just above my camp, and I was able to secure
one of them. I felt convinced that it was a new
species; so I carefully preserved its skeleton and skin.
It proved to be a speciesv of red buck heretofore
unknown, and has since been designated “ Cervicapra
Chanleri.”
Of the party who had been sent to Ukambani to
purchase goats, five deserted for no apparent reason,
and of course took their rifles with them. Shortly
after the return of this party and those sent to replenish
the store at Sayer, all the new-comers came to
me in a body, and said that they could not bear the
insolence of the Somali and Soudanese. As I had