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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA 



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lam the safari marched on to the north end of 

 the Pes Swamp, while I rode back to Rumuruti 

 to make inquiries about the donkeys and leave 

 word with the official there of our change of camp. 

 After a pleasant lunch with the District Com- 

 missioner I returned in the evening to find my 



iMASEKO.NDI S WIVES AND CHILDREN. 



companions all comfortably settled in the new 

 camping ground, where we decided to await the 

 return of Munyakai. 



There were numbers of Masai with their flocks 

 and herds in this locality, and on visiting a large 

 manyatta, or village, of these people, I was most 

 hospitably entertained. We in turn were visited at 



