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try of buttes, cliffs, and wide grassy sweeps. Against 

 Mount Suswa we saw many steam blowholes like camp- 

 fire smokes. Footing bad. At first cool; then a very 

 powerful sun. Saw considerable game in streaks — 

 kongoni, a few zebra, many Robertsi, a herd of eland, 

 a few Tommy, and ostrich. About noon we entered the 

 hills through a gateway and almost immediately came 

 to a dry stream bed in lava rocks, well up in the hills. 

 The sun here was reflected with fearful strength. Every- 

 body pretty weU done. We had the men sit down, and 

 started out to search for water. A mile or so up we 

 discovered a rock "tank" with gravel beach containing 

 a sort of green Uquid. It was atrociously bad, but by 

 digging holes in the gravel, nearly enough filtered 

 through to supply man and beast with a passable beve- 

 rage. Sun very fierce among these rocky hills. 



Out making observations with the prismatic, saw a 

 klip-springer, and was followed by my old friend the 

 kalele plover. 



On my return Cuninghame and I crawled up the 

 stream bed until we found a natural bower where the 

 bushes overarched, and there we ate and sat until the 

 heat of the day had passed. One of the boys, out look- 

 ing for better water, found a fresh lion lair. As I have 

 said, we always pitch the tents in a circle, and tether 

 the donkeys in the middle at night, but have intended 

 to make no attempt to keep up fires. Sulimani was 

 once an askari, however, and he has taken it on himself 



