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looked moribund. We thought three of them dying. 

 Not a bit. After half an hour they arose refreshed. In 

 aU we left eight loads of potio by the trail and drove 

 the donkeys on light. The going was very steep and 

 stony, and the sun fierce. Our little force of white men, 

 two donkey men, and three gunbearers certainly worked 

 hard. 



At four o'clock, all but four being off the hill, I rode 

 ahead across the flat to camp and sent back fifteen men 

 with lanterns to bring in loads. On the plains I saw 

 many Grant's gazelles, one oryx, some kongoni, zebra, 

 and ostrich. Our camp was by the Kedong "River," a 

 little stream a few feet wide. About us were lava beds 

 and benches. The high sheer escarpment lay on one 

 side, and the lofty cone of Mount Suswa on the other. 

 It was perhaps twenty miles to the south from my camp 

 of 1910. 



At six o'clock all the animals were in; but some of the 

 men who went after loads were out all night. It was 

 amusing to see how the donkeys sidled up to one, in- 

 sistently, begging plainly to have their loads taken off. 



Eleven and one half hours; 9 miles; elevation, 4,500; 

 ther,, 5:00 A. M., 50; noon (?);8:30, 68. 



July 10. — A warm night. It was agreed that I was 

 to push on with the men to the next water, while 

 Cuninghame rested and grazed the donkeys, and awaited 

 the men who had been out all night. Climbed suc- 

 cessively several low lava benches to a plateau, and 



