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us men's food gratis, milk, eggs, etc. Before we had 

 finished we had sold him our remaining four donkeys 

 at 80 rupees each — when they should arrive. He 

 also made tentative bargains with Cuninghame for a 

 tent at 350 rupees, and a mule at 450, both to be sent 

 from Nairobi. So he is indeed a wealthy chief. Added 

 a load of peanuts to his presents, and offered us guides 

 for to-morrow. We gave him a Marble folding knife 

 as a starter. His real present, as is the custom, does 

 not come until we leave for good. Bargained for ten 

 loads of potio, which he promised to collect and deliver. 

 At supper time he returned in a bright-bordered piece 

 of linen, and a dress waistcoat, stockings, and pipe- 

 clayed white shoes, but no trousers ! He was much in- 

 terested in Baxter's alarm watch. A most intelligent 

 man who seems quick at the uptake and keen at catch- 

 ing a complicated shauri. 



Rained. Mosquitoes extraordinarily bad. At dark 

 they appeared in literal swarms, so that we were 

 driven to our mosquito canopies and the men to suffo- 

 cating smudges. Many of our people are down with 

 fever, and we have a large clinic every night. 



Four hours; 11 miles; we went six and a half hours; 

 i4§ miles; morning, 67; noon, 91; night, 73. 



