2i8 THE REDISCOVERED COUNTRY 



September 15. — ^Departed Kiamburi at 6:00 a. m. 

 and marched fourteen miles to camp near big swamp 

 (see map). Located position, but map seems all 

 wrong about the course of the Mara River. M 'ganga 

 found a friend who guided me here and gave me much 

 news re a simha* locality on the Ruwana River (see 

 map). Also got much news re ferry but have not 

 located it on map. Made a three hours' inspection tour 

 in afternoon. Covered a lot of country. Found no 

 elephant spoor except some a year old. Cob also re- 

 ported here, but saw none and am sure none ever existed. 

 Few topi, few waterbuck, one impaUa. Mosquitoes 

 start business at twelve noon and are very thick every- 

 where now (6:30 p. M.). No anopheles seen. Sim ex- 

 tremely powerful all day. March to another reported 

 elephant swamp to-morrow. 



September 16. — Departed 6:00 a. m. and marched 

 twenty miles; made shauri en route at a village named 

 Walioba (or that is the sultan's name). From him I 

 got the following information: The elephants were 

 now somewhere in the middle of the Masirori Swamp 

 and meant to remain there until the river rose and 

 flooded them out. Usually this occurs by the end of 

 October or middle of November. They then come 

 shoreward and out among the thorn trees. None has 

 been shot or shot at for a long time. If you want to 

 try to get one you must get some harua\ from the 



*Lion. t Written paper. 



