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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA chap. 



my map will prove useful to some future traveller 

 who happens to go that way. 



Unfortunately very soon after leaving Rumuruti 

 B. began to feel ill, and although this gave us no 

 cause for alarm, still it was most disappointing, as 

 he was very anxious to shoot. I had to doctor him 



THE JUNCITON. 



for fever and headache, and keep him from going 

 out in the afternoon sun. He also suffered a good 

 deal from a painful foot and leg, and ultimately an 

 abscess formed on the instep. This gave him a 

 great deal of trouble, and part of the time he had to 

 be carried in a hammock, or on a bed, while either 

 Mrs. B. or I always walked beside him when we 



