CONTENTS 

 CHAPTER X 



FAOB 



Snow Mountains, Some Society, and Clothes - - - 94 



Mt. Kenia, Mt. Kilimanjaro — Other mountains— The 

 plains — Wet and heat in Nairobi — Race week — What 

 to wear in Nairobi — Exerciseand games — Officialism. 



CHAPTER XI 



The Wakikuyu and Wakamba 103 



Habitation — Origin — Dress and Ornaments — Teeth 

 cleaning — Hair dressing — Mtama sellers — Past and 

 future risings — Wakamba — Fear of Masai — Chicken 

 farmers — Customs — Witchcraft — Medicine-men — 

 Kinyolla — Food. 



CHAPTER XII 



Our First Hunting Expedition 114 



Train to Naivasha — Views — Lake Naivasha — A contre- 

 temps — Porters — The start — Kongoni — Thomson's 

 gazelle — A dead man — Waterbuck — Ostriches — On 

 the track of a rhino — Safari fare — An old character — 

 Elephant chase — Head porter gets into trouble — An 

 officer's escape from an elephant. 



CHAPTER XIII 



Boys, Insects, and Chickens 139 



Boys and their vagaries — Caterpillars hold up a train — 

 Puff adders — Butterflies and ants— Chickens. 



CHAPTER XIV 



Our Second Safari 148 



Death of Pups — Lack of porters — A mishap — Irapala — 

 Porters begin to give trouble — A five hours' wait in 

 the rain — Another Safari — Bamboo forest — We cross 

 Mt. Kinangop— View of Kenia — Porters escape — 

 Elephant tracks— Game traps — A Kikuyu chief — 

 We capture men — Bushbuck — The elusive water- 

 buck — Porters mutiny — Our first rhino — Return to 

 Naivasha — An old Somali — Crescent Island and the 

 Lake. 



