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ON THE WAY BACK TO CAMP 



At Kijabi and on the Mau Plateau, buffalo were so scarce and so wary that 



was impossible to obtain suitable specimens. A herd of five hundred. 



however, on the Tana River, was at first quite indifferent to 



the scent or sight of man and only after seven days of 



continual hunting- became cautious and aggrressive. 



The boy is well pleased because the skull 



he carries is only half the weight 



of the customary load 



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