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for incipient ophthalmia. At last I have Ali bring 

 water; and then eat. All natives are banished by the 

 zealous Ali while this sacred rite goes on, both hands 

 outspread, shooing them off: "Go away! go away! 

 Cannot you see the bwana is going to take chakula?^^ 



Cuninghame and I live very simply and are healthy 

 in the tumho. Quaker oats, treacle, coffee, and corn- 

 cakes the invariable breakfast; meat, bread, and tea 

 for limch; meat, one other dish (either hma beans, rice, 

 dehydro carrots, or corn), dried fruit, bread, and tea 

 for supper. Not much in variety, but great in quan- 

 tity. 



I ate my meal, moved with difficulty to my little fire, 

 and sat smoking and thinking thoughts until a heavy 

 storm drove me in. The display of lightning was mag- 

 nificent, great, wide, jagged flashes that went not only 

 down and across, but even up in tridents ! 



Four and a half hours; 12 miles; elevation, 3,700; 

 morning 65; noon, 90; night, 74. 



