XLIII. 

 THE TOPI CAMP. 



AT the next camp we stayed for nearly a 

 ** week. 



The country was charming. Mountains sur- 

 rounded the long ellipse, near one edge of which 

 we had pitched our tents. The ellipse was some 

 ten miles long by four or five wide, and its 

 surface rolled in easy billows to a narrow neck 

 at the lower end. There we could just make out 

 in the far distance a conical hill partly closing 

 the neck. Atop the hill was a Masai manyatta, 

 very tiny, with indistinct crawling red and brown 

 blotches that meant cattle and sheep. Beyond 

 the hill, and through the opening in the ellipse, 

 we could see to another new country of hills 

 and meadows and forest groves. In this clear 

 air they were microscopically distinct. No blue 

 of atmosphere nor shimmer of heat blurred 

 their outlines. They were merely made small. 



