vi ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The big tree near N'digadigu 80 



Curious example of a strangling vine 81 



Topi 90 



Big herds of mixed game in typical hunting country . 91 

 Constructing one of the storehouses or "caches" in which 



we had to leave our surplus goods 116 



One of our storehouses or "caches" completed . . . 116 



Typical country south of the Bologonja River . . . 117 



Typical hunting country in the new region . . . . 132 



Where the big lion popped up in my face .... 132 



This lion was killed stone dead while in full charge . 133 



Method used in drying Hon skins 138 



Marabout stork 139 



A typical ostrich nest 139 



My Reconnaissance Camp in the region south of the Bolo- 

 gonja River 140 



Zebra, hartebeeste, and wildebeeste in the new country 141 



Zebra, topi, and wildebeeste in the new country . . 141 



Wildebeeste 142 



A morning nap 142 



He stops in contemplation 143 



He departs 143 



He wanders stolidly away 144 



Just before the rush 145 



Fish from the Mara River 156 



One of the channels of the Mara River 157 



Constructing a bridge across one of the numerous channels 



of the Mara River 157 



The Ikorongo Mountains from the East 166 



Hut of the Ungruimi 166 



The first step in building a hut 167 



A Nungruimi granary 167 



Typical N'gruimi huts, and their drunken looking gran- 

 aries 172 



The mountain ranges east of Myeru's 172 



Myeru — the older and younger 173 



