Part of the expedition crossing the Tana River by the primitive government ferry (1906). At 
this point near Fort Hall, the government has since erected a pine bridge 
Mr. Akeley established his main ‘‘buffalo camp’? on the Tana River and it was near this camp 
that the big bull of the Chicago group was shot by Mrs. Akeley. During a second march up the Tana 
River some months later, the herd of five hundred buffalo was encountered [see photograph on page 159] 
The King’s African Rifles leaving Nairobi for a scene of trouble in Kenya Province 
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