354 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
knowing whence the scent of his enemy proceeded, I do 
not know. The seconds seemed hours to me. I dared 
scarcely breathe, as the elephant could easily have caught 
one of my legs had he attempted it. By this time I had 
begun to look forward to getting home safely. Before leav- 
ing Lake Rudolf I had resigned myself to being placed in 
dangerous positions, but now there was every hope of my 
being able to enjoy the flesh-pots of Egypt once more; 
so when this elephant was dangling his trunk about in 
such close proximity to me I felt heartily provoked at 
myself. At last the beast left me and walked away through 
the bushes. Getting down from the tree, I followed the 
elephant’s spoor for about a mile, not wishing to confess to 
myself that I had received a great shock. 
But one may rest assured that I took good care not to 
be surprised at close quarters. The camels had gone far 
ahead, so I now gave up the chase. It was late in the 
afternoon when I reached the caravan, camped by a little 
stream of water. 
We saw no more inhabitants in the dry, bushy country 
through which we passed, nor any more streams of water 
until we reached Lasamis, September 16th. Here there 
was a spring, and near it a village of about sixty Wando- 
robbo of the Masai. The enormous herds of zebra grevil, 
and the numerous giraffes and rhinoceroses that were to be 
found about Lasamis supplied these people with food. 
The Wandorobbo had just succeeded in trapping a giraffe 
when we arrived. 
The traps consist of rings of wood, to which are attached 
rows of sharp sticks pointing toward the center and down- 
ward. A shallow hole is dug in the center of a game- 
path and the wooden disk inserted. On the top of this 
ring rests a noose attached to a heavy rope made of 
twisted sinews. One end of the rope is attached to the 
