The treadmill worked beneath my feet, mimicking movement as Long Stick and I finally departed the neolithic factory, heading toward Lookout Point to observe migratory herds of wildebeest and eland crossing the plain.

There was one very compelling reason which encouraged haste: the men on watch posted in a circle around Greenwich had observed giant herds of those grey giraffe and elephant-like monsters which came from the east and so far had passed the small town by fortunately safe distances.

This river is a good place for observing large herds of African bush elephants, herds of 50 to 60 individuals being common in its basin.

They observed herds of beasts, cattle, and sheep in nearby fields, but the houses and barns had been cleared of all effects.