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were to return. The hire was Rs 12 ($4) per diem for 

 the lot. 



Vanderweyer's dog has a litter of puppies down an 

 old warthog hole and refuses to bring them up. 



Note: The steeper the hill the louder the porters sing. 

 Where do they get the breath? 



Four and three-quarter hours; 9I miles; elevation, 

 6,300; 5:00 A. M., 50; noon, 79; night, 68. 



July 16. — Start 7:00. Sky overcast and cool. 

 Marched ahead of the safari through the forest pass of 

 the Narossara Mountains to the Fourth Bench, as in 

 191 1.* Saw many Masai, and a few kongonis, zebra, 

 and Robertsi. Passed the Sacred Tree stuffed full of 

 stones, bunches of grass, and charms. Memba Sasa 

 looked a little ashamed — but he contributed . D onkey s 

 scrambled up the hill well. 



Vanderweyer has sent, in addition to the twenty- 

 five donkeys we hired of him, a dozen of his own laden 

 with trade goods as a sort of flyer. They are equipped 

 with the native soga. This is a padded gunny sacking 

 strapped about the animal's body. Tw^o loads of potio 

 are sewn together and thrown across this pad. There 

 is no fastening; they ride by their own weight and 

 balance. Even in level country they are apt to get out 

 of balance and occasionally to fall off; but on hills they 

 are hopeless. It takes one man to hold a donkey and 

 two to lift on the load. The little beasts get quite 



*See "African Camp Fires." 



