HUNTING AND HUNTED IN BELGIAN CONGO 



to turn in, and prepared for a cold night passing over the 

 Mau Summit. It is always as well to wrap up warmly 

 for this stage of the journey. On the Mau Summit, 

 8350 feet above sea-level, a pillar marks the highest spot 

 on the Uganda railway. I awoke early in the morning, 

 to find that it was bitterly cold, several things had fallen 

 off the bed, and I was shivering. At Londiani, 500 

 miles from Mombasa, I saw several old trek waggons 

 brought from South Africa by the Africanders, of whom 

 there are now great numbers taking up land around the 

 Uasin Gishu. The Government station at Eldama Ravine 

 can be reached from Londiani station. 



About eight o'clock in the morning after leaving 

 Nairobi, we arrived at Port Florence, on the Victoria 

 Nyanza, the altitude here being only 3650 feet. The 

 train runs first into Port Florence station, and then down 

 to the wharf alongside which the fine twin-screw steamer, 

 Clement Hill, is berthed. On the wharves are very fine 

 iron goods sheds, through which the baggage trucks can 

 be run, as in the huge quay-side sheds at Southampton. 

 Our train, however, was drawn up alongside the ship 

 itself within a few feet of the wharf edge. 



It was a lovely Sunday morning ; the Great Gulf of 

 Kavirondo lay stretched out before us. Overhead a 

 cloudless sky, with the great sun slowly climbing up from 

 the east, throwing its powerful rays across the silent 

 shimmering waters, from which I saw many fish jump. 

 A curious native craft with sail up and tiny fluttering 

 pennant skimmed gracefully by, the Kisumu boy aboard 

 sitting astern, crooning to himself and staring at a 

 beautiful Kavirondo crane which flew away westwards. 

 Two other steamers, both about 500 tons, lay close 

 by, waiting for their next trips. On the wharf side 

 where we stood, a bustling mob of natives singing and 

 shouting were engaged in getting the last of the cargo 

 aboard our steamer ; trim European officers in white 



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