A TRIO I SAW TOCKTIIER OX SEVERAL OCCASIONS : A GNU BULL, 

 A I'lIOMSdN's CAZELLE, AND A CUCKENUK (lAZELLE 



XVIII 



A Lion-Hunt 



A\: 



T the end of January 1897 I arrived in Kikiivu with 



1 \. ci small caraxan. I had come from X'ictoria Nyanza, 

 where I had been down with malaria for several months. 

 Alone and helpless, I had a hard tussle for my life, but 

 thanks entirely to the untiring care given me by two officers, 

 Mr. C. W. Hobley and Mr. Tomukins, stationed at Fort 

 Mumia, I succeeded, against all probability, in shaking 

 oft^ the fever. 



In May 1896 the ex})loring expedition, which I had 

 been able to join, had set out troni the German Coast 

 with about 420 men, and, after traversing some entirely 

 unknown regions, had reached \dctoria Nyanza. 



I cannot here enter upon the story of the varied and 

 in some cases very interesting experiences met with on 

 this stage ot the expedition. Mere I propose to recount 

 only what ha|)pened to me on Januar\- 25th, when on 

 my way to the coast of Kikuyu. I was traversing for 

 the first time that recently ex|)lored country in order to 



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