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A beautiful lightning display in the evening. Cun- 

 inghame better, but pretty tired. 



Safari, six hours twenty minutes; 14 J miles; hunted 8 

 miles; morning, 63; noon, 97; night, 78. 



October i. — Set the safari on a line toward a water- 

 hole known to some of our shenzis, and started off on a 

 slight detour to see if we could not get a wildebeeste 

 head. Last chance, as the country now merges into 

 the thickly settled regions near the lake. Saw just one, 

 but him I got after a long and careful stalk, at 361 

 yards. Shortly after killed a Tommy, but could not 

 find him in the long grass. 



We now pass into the country of the Wiregi, leaving 

 the Ungruimi. Journeyed across a plain grown with 

 scrub. To our left volcanic hills of red, to our right 

 the bright green wide expanse of a papyrus swamp 

 called the Masirori. We headed toward a bold rocky 

 peak lying alone. After three hours overtook the 

 safari resting by the waterhole. Two savages had 

 chased an impalla into the deep mud, and there killed 

 it and were now triumphantly cutting it up. Saw a lot 

 of game near here, including a number of sing-sing. 



The rocky peak proved very interesting in the queer 

 forms and immense size of its boulders and spires, in 

 the queer trees, bushes, and cacti that sprang from 

 every crevice, and from the fact that hmidreds of huts 

 were built high up in the strangest cracks and crannies. 

 Often quite extensive stone terraces had been con- 



