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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA chap. 



to eat except a biscuit and a cup of coffee before 

 leaving camp, we decided to halt and have breakfast 

 under a shady tree, as the sun's rays by this time 

 were very fierce. We had brought out a kettle and 

 teapot and everything we should require for break- 

 fast and lunch in the wilds, and it was not long 



" KAROGI AND ANOTHER SAMBURU." 



before Abbudi had a fire lit, and the kettle, filled 

 with water from the Guaso Nyiro, boiling cheerily 

 over the embers. 



Meanwhile Karogi and another Samburu had cut 

 up the impala and made a Samburu oven, and now 

 commenced to roast a few dainty bits to add to our 



