ILLUSTRATIONS 



" MY GUIDE, PHILOSOPHER, AND FRIEND" . . Frontispiece 



TO FACE PAGB 



THE JUNCTION OF THE NORTHERN GUASO NYIRO WITH THE 



GUASO NAROK 16 



VIEW ON THE LAIKIPIA ESCARPMENT 16 



A GROUP OF MASAI SPEARMEN 52 



MORE MASAI, SHOWING THE VARIOUS HEADDRESSES . . 52 



CATTLE CROSSING THE FORD ON THE TANA RIVER ... 56 



THE THIKA-THIKA RIVER NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH THE TANA 56 



NANDI FOREST-TREES FESTOONED WITH BEARD-MOSS . . 60 



MY HOUSE IN CAMP ON THE GUASO NYIRO .... 64 



A THREE WEEKS' SHOOT ON THE GUASO NYIRO ... 64 



A WANDOROBO VILLAGE ON THE GUASO NYIRO ... 66 



MY WANDOROBO HUNTERS 66 



IN THE GORGES OF THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY .... 68 



CAMP LANJORO Dis 68 



RHINOCEROS 78 



A RHINO LOOKING NASTY JUST BEFORE CHARGING ... 78 



A GOOD HEAD So 



AN ABNORMAL HEAD. THE BACK HORN is LONGER THAN 



THE FRONT ONE 80 



"HURRY UP! WE WANT TO EAT" 86 



RHINO GROUND WITH KILIMANJARO IN THE DISTANCE . . 88 



A FAVOURITE HIPPO POOL ON THE TANA RIVER ... 88 



A FINE OLD BLACK-MANED LION 94 



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