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(Crocodile Camp), and always referred to it thus 

 afterwards. 



We were visited at this spot by some of the 

 natives of the Meru country carrying foodstuffs for 

 barter among the Samburu people. They sell 

 beans, tobacco and a kind of flour, in return for the 



AN INGENIOUS UliVICE MADE KY SOME WANDOUOHO. 



skins of bullocks, sheep, and more especially goats, 

 which no doubt eventually find their way into the 

 hands of an Arab or Swahili trader of the coast, 

 and thence to the markets of Europe. We did 

 not do any trade with them, however, as they 

 wanted too much in exchange for their goods, 



