We had been on the trail about an hour and a half when a shot was heard off to our left; At first we thought it was our Spanish friends, but a few moments later we came to a point where we could see, about a mile away, a long string of porters winding along in the direction from which we came, it was plainly a much larger _safari_ than the Spanish one, and we at once concluded that it was Colonel Roosevelt's.
Three or four men on horses were visible, but could not be recognized with our glasses.

The number corresponded to the colonel's party, however, which we knew to consist of himself and Kermit, Edmund Heller and Leslie Tarlton.

A messenger was sent across the hills to establish their identity and we marched on to the river, a half-hour farther, where we found the smoldering fires of their camp.
A transport wagon of supplies for the Duke of Penaranda's _safari_ was also there, and from the drivers it was definitely learned that the late occupants of the camp were Mr.Roosevelt and his party.

In the meantime the messenger had reached Colonel Roosevelt, and when the latter learned that Mr.Akeley's _safari_ was in the vicinity he at once ordered camp pitched forty-five minutes from our camp, and started across to see Akeley.

The latter had also started across to see the colonel, and they met on the way.