GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



etceteras of camping. Saidi marched on with my 

 husband, Baruku brought up the rear, to stop any 

 who might become faint-hearted and want to turn 

 back. 



We had a long hot march over some plain, then 

 up a little escarpment on which we hoped to find 

 some wild pig, and down again and through a 

 valley until we came to the big escarpment which 

 rises behind Naivasha. Our faces seemed swollen 

 with the heat and exertion, to which we were not 

 yet accustomed. We halted and had lunch at the 

 foot of the escarpment, then it was a pretty stiff 

 climb up, the banks on each side of the path being 

 covered with very pretty wild flowers. On reach- 

 ing the top a delicious breeze met us and blew cool 

 and bracing on to our heated faces, exhilarating 

 us so that half our fatigue was forgotten and we 

 tramped along with double the spring in our foot- 

 steps. The air was lovely after the close plains 

 below ; stretching in front of us was another long 

 plain, a day's march across, to the foot of the 

 Settima Hills, of which Mount Kinangop is 

 the highest peak. Except for zebra and kongoni 

 there was not much to be seen. My husband shot 

 two kongoni with fairly good horns as specimens 

 and also for food. Although we had thought 

 ourselves very hot and tired after our long tramp 

 all day in the sun, the excitement of bagging the 

 kongoni put new life into us and the porters too. 



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