44 THE REDISCOVERED COUNTRY 



them to give no information. Sendeu's animosity seems 

 complete. 



Safari, three hours; 8 miles. We in addition, five 

 hours; lo to 12 miles; elevation, 6,300; morning, 48; 

 noon, 72; night, 48. 



July 19. — Over Gilbert Pass to the stream, and then 

 downstream for some distance over an old Masai trail 

 in a narrow valley between mighty mountains. A 

 honey bird followed us for over an hour beseeching us 

 to turn aside, and then flew away in disgust at our 

 stupidity. Saw duiker, reedbuck, kongoni, zebra, 

 eland, warthog, and mongoose. The trail ended in a 

 small round valley and a salt lick. Shot a Chanler's 

 reedbuck standing by the lick at 94 yards. 



The situation here is wonderful, great frowning peaks 

 and mountains over the way ; narrow caiions and valleys, 

 forest caps and groves here and there on the steeps, 

 all very austere and grand. 



After lunch Cuninghame and I took up our regular 

 job of scouting. The river here entered a deep narrow 

 rock gorge, so we spent much toil in ascending the hill 

 to the left of it, whence we looked out over so tumbled 

 and broken a country that we immediately gave up 

 going south and returned for a cast to westward. 

 River here quite big, and we forded up to our waists. 

 For some time we had no luck in getting through the 

 westward hills on account of dense forest, but finally 

 discovered a game trail that led us through the woods 



