CHAPTER IV 



July i8. — Started very early over the high hill on 

 which I hunted the day before, and down the other 

 side into the welter of smaller hills. When we were 

 halfway down two Masai with arms passed us on a run 

 without deigning us a greeting. Subsequent experi- 

 ence made us certain that these were at once spies on 

 us to see which way we would go and messengers to 

 warn other manyattas to give us no information. At 

 the bottom of the hill we sent Sanguiki to a village to 

 try to find out something. He returned to tell us that 

 the Masai were kali sana^ and would tell nothing. 

 Therefore we struck along the top of a likely grass 

 ridge that took our general direction, found a Masai 

 trail that went our way, and jogged on. The ridge, 

 after six or seven miles, ran down into a broad grass 

 ravine that led to a small river flowing along the base 

 of the high mountain wall. 



We were amused by a small herd of zebra that kept 

 just ahead of us, and seemed vastly indignant at being 

 repeatedly driven forward. In the grass swale I 

 jumped seven big eland at about fifty yards — a fine 

 sight. 



*Very fierce. 



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