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grounds near this place two fine rhinoceroses were taken, the 

 larger measuring 11^ feet in length and 5^ feet in height. 



At Maroroni River camp, north of Kijabe, an unusually large 

 elephant was killed. It was 25 feet 9 inches in length and 11 feet 

 5 inches in height. Its tusks were 6 feet 4 inches long and weighed 

 from 180 to 200 pounds. 



During the latter part of July the expedition was encamped 

 on a plateau 5,000 feet high, on the line of the equator, near Mt. 



THE FIRST ZEBRAS OF THE TJADER EXPEDITION 



Kenia. In this region game was abundant, and the skull, skin 

 and skeleton of a fine rhinoceros, a buffalo and three kinds of 

 antelope were secured. 



The first week in August the party pushed northward through 

 pathless forests and over a mountainous region, finally pitching 

 camp on the south shore of Lake Harrington. From this camp 

 Mr. Tjader reports the killing of flamingos, crocodiles, hartbeests 

 and oryx antelopes. 



It is the plan of the expedition to push northward as far 

 as Lake Baringo, a distance of between four and five hundred 



