382 IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA chap. 



head safely after us to Nairobi, where on measuring 

 it I found the spread of the horns to be just a shade 

 over 48 inches. 



The following afternoon we at last reached the 



CAUTIOUSLY SPYING ON THE SAFARI. 



Tana, and as I approached the boat ferry which 

 crosses it, I suddenly came upon a native with a 

 bow in his hand and a well-stocked quiver at his 

 back, cautiously spying on the safari from the 



