CHAPTER IV 

 East Africa 



After the close of the big game lassoing trip I 

 decided to make another expedition in the hope of 

 securing some moving pictures of lion spearing by 

 the Masai. Our route was to be from Kijabe through 

 Naivasha, across the Aberdares, a climb of some 12,000 

 feet, and then to Nyeri, where I was to be met by 

 guides who would take me to my friend Berkeley 

 Cole's camp in the Masai country. 



After leaving Kijabe, which overlooks vast valleys, 

 plains and volcanoes, en route for Naivasha, one notices 

 great changes in the nature of the country. The 

 forests are replaced by stretches of open grassy veldt, 

 with a few thorn bushes scattered about here and 

 there, whilst in the distance is the Aberdare range, 

 the highest peak of which towers 12,800 feet above 

 sea-level. It was here where we first began to see 

 Masai with their flocks of sheep. Now and then I 

 caught glimpses of small herds of zebra, a few kongoni 

 and a soHtary ostrich, but, generally speaking, game 

 was scarce. 



As we topped the highest point passing Mount 



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