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site and about two miles away. I could make out the 

 site through my glasses. 



Many very gorgeous warriors in full panoply visited 

 us. They said the chief was sleeping. More likely 

 drunk, said we, remembering him of old. Of course 

 we could not disturb his majesty, so had to wait pa- 

 tiently. 



As he had not showed up by two o'clock, I agreed 

 to climb the high hills at the back (to the west) and 

 get a look abroad over the to us unknown country 

 through which we must go. An hour's hard climb and 

 I gazed out over a tumble of lower hills ending in a 

 sheer rampart of great mountains about fifteen miles 

 away. At first glance it took my breath away and 

 looked absolutely hopeless: below me was a labyrinth 

 and against me was a wall. Then I sat down with 

 my glasses, prismatic compass, and notebook and 

 carefully took stock. There seemed to be two possible 

 passes, and I noted them and marked them by land- 

 marks. I congratulated myself that we did not have 

 to work through that on our own! Of course the 

 Masai must have a track down through, and I remem- 

 bered old Sendeu's cordial friendliness and promises 

 of 191 1. He would, naturally, supply us with guides, 

 and we would go down sailing ! We counted on getting 

 through in about five days ! 



Saw many impalla, zebra, and kongoni in the brush 

 on the mountainside, like so many California deer, a 



