Ways and Means 



on the Endabibi Plain far round on the western 

 side, but this means a probable five days' outing. 



If one does stay at Naivasha, a day at the 

 Government zebra farm is well worth it. One 

 might spend much time going farther and faring 

 very much worse. 



In any case, whether one stays at any of these 

 places or not, a return to Nairobi is almost neces- 

 sary to pay off porters, reduce their numbers, or 

 probably to lay in a fresh store of food for one's 

 own consumption into the bargain. 



We will now take the other trip in the same 

 sort of direction, north, from Nairobi to the Tana 

 River. The best way to start is by the road, or 

 rather path (all high roads, as they are called in 

 East Africa, dwindle down to a mere path, at 

 times very difficult to make out and follow, some 

 of them simply game-tracks across the plains, 

 through the high grass, round bushes and trees 

 and mounds ; but they are the means of connec- 

 tion between two distant places for all that), by 

 which our friend came into Nairobi from the trial 

 trip across the Athi Plains. 



Instead of going as far as the Athi River Falls, 

 branch off to the left to the Thika Thika River, 

 cross it, and camp on the other side. The cross- 

 ing is effected by means of a seat travelling on 

 a wire hawser stretched across the river. 



It was intended to build a bridge over it, but 

 that had hung fire, and the hawser from bank to 



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