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ON THE YATTA PLATEAU 



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brought no food for the safari, in spite of all his 

 lavish promises, and he seemed to expect that I 

 would be appeased by the small handful he had 

 given us as a present. When he saw that I was 

 very angry with him for having sent me a false 

 message, he sent back one of his wives with three 

 of the Wakamba to bring some loads of posho 



"THIS TURNED OUT TO BE NGAI." 



from his village, while he himself offered to lead us 

 to the ford over the Athi. 



As we marched along he soon got tired of carry- 

 ing his heavy spear, so handed it to his wife and 

 took from her a curiously made little three-legged 

 stool on which he sat whenever we made a short 

 halt. This wife also carried a baby of two or three 



