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new lace-work cap. I explained how the Memsahib 

 had made the others into sewing baskets and he was 

 much interested. Poked around and took pictures. 

 Slept three and a half hours. Wrote in log. A high 

 cold wind came up in afternoon. 



Morning, 64; noon, 74; night, 66. 



August 8. — Our plan is now to strike westward 

 until we reach Victoria Nyanza, going out at Shirati, 

 near the Anglo-German boundary. The first task is to 

 pass the high barrier of north-and-south mountains 

 directly before us. Fortunately our Wasonzi friends 

 know a way through them to a high plateau. This 

 joins the regular route to Ikoma eventually. Beyond 

 the edge of the plateau they know nothing. It keeps 

 going on, indefinitely, "to where the sun sets," they 

 say; and they want none of it. They are perfectly 

 willing to take us as far as they know, however, and we 

 engaged three guides. When we came to pack up, 

 however, a dozen reported; and one of the German as- 

 karis, in full regalia, came along, too. He says 

 he is given seven cartridges a month for meat. After 

 I had looked his blunderbuss over, I did not wonder 

 he took every chance to supplement his supply. They 

 all say there is lots of game up there; and w^e 

 have assured them in return that we will feed them 

 all well. 



As it is exceedingly difiicult, as well as wasteful of 

 time, to try to keep our different units together on this 



