noon
He was confident that , should he again get possession of him , another giraffe could be taken . With the herd that had been hunted , he had seen two other young ones . They might be found a second time ; but there would be a difficulty in running them down , unless he was once more on the back of his tried steed . By noon the camp was reached , when about the first thing that came under the eyes of Groot Willem was a young giraffe standing tied to a tree ! Beside it was his own horse ! The horse had been brought back by the Makololo , who found him straying over the plain as they were themselves returning to the camp . The presence both of the horse and the Makololo was at once explained .