In W ildest Africa -9^ 



and Mr. Tompkins, to whom I owe a debt of gratitude. 

 I liad caught the disease in the marshes of the Nyanza 

 and in my tramp tlirough the wild Sotik and Xandi 

 country, then unexpk^red or very httle known. During 

 the last few days our march had once more been im- 

 perilled by hostile tribes, the rebel Wakamassia, but 



MY " BOYS " BODY-SERVANTS AS DISTINGUISHED IROM BEARERS AMUSED 



THEMSELVES AT MOSCHI BY ORGANISING WHAT IS CALLED A " GOMA." 



this danger was all but past now that we were entering 

 the uninhal)ited region of the Xakuro, k^lmenteita and 

 Naiwasha Lakes, in the district known to the IMasai as 

 En'aiposha. 



Endless undulating expanses of grassy country, un- 

 adorned by a single tree, had made our last days ot 

 marching not too pleasant. Now there was a marked 



