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Dead Sea. On the grassy floor of the valley we could dis- 

 tinguish, with the aid of the field glass, a herd of zebra, 

 Thomson's gazelles, and several ostriches. With great 

 reluctance we turned our backs on this fantastic vision 



Giant Groundsel, Senecio Johnstoni, from Kenia. It attains 

 a height of sixteen feet ; the stem usually branches twice 

 or thrice, and is surmounted by a flower-spike three feet 

 high. The flowers are orange-coloured. 



and descended the slopes on that side of Menengai 

 nearest Lake Nakuru. On the way down the mountain 

 we saw Lake Elmenteita glistening in the sun like a 

 sheet of burnished silver. The hunter hurried us along 



