CHAPTER XIV 



OUR SECOND SAFAEI 



Death of " Pups " — lack of porters — a mishap — impala — porters 

 begin to give trouble — a five hours' wait in the rain — an- 

 other safari — bamboo forest — vfe cross Mount Kinangop — 

 view of Kenia — porters escape — elephant tracks — game 

 traps — a Kikuyu chief — we capture men — bushbuck — the 

 elusive waterbuck — porters mutiny — our first rhino — return 

 to Naivasha — an old Somali — Crescent Island and the lake. 



Poor little "Pups," our little fox-terrier, became 

 much worse, the effects of his tick fever, for 

 he developed acute anaemia and dropsy, and was 

 most kindly attended by Mr. Stordy the Protec- 

 torate veterinary surgeon. My husband and I 

 were up several nights feeding him every hour 

 with port wine and eggs and his medicine, as he 

 lay helpless in a large chair ; then the day came 

 for us to set out on another safari. Mr. Stordy 

 acted the good Samaritan, and took the poor little 

 weak thing away in his cart to be looked after in 

 my absence by himself and his equally nice wife, 

 although he thought the case hopeless. Poor little 

 " Pups " raised his pathetic little head, belonging to 

 such a weak little body and heart, to gaze with in- 



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