OUR SECOND SAFARI 



then the poor beast runs his head through the 

 nooze and treads on the faithless leaves and 

 bamboo which bends or breaks, and lets loose the 

 cord with the stick ; then the horizontal bamboo 

 springs up straight, tightening the cord round the 

 animal's head, and, dragging him up, practically 

 hangs the poor beast. 



We upset all we came across. Of course they 

 are always made in a narrow animal track, leading 

 to water or elsewhere. 



After our return to camp in the afternoon a 

 large number of Kikuyu passed ; they were porters 

 who had been paid off after going on safari with 

 the commissioner. Baruku appeared at our tent 

 door with three men roped together, saying they 

 would carry loads to-morrow. They looked very 

 sullen at the indignity : I took their photographs. 



Presently a young chief named Mboga (or some- 

 thing like it) appeared with spear and sword, quite 

 a nice-looking young fellow with refined features 

 and a very charming smile. He had gone with 

 the commissioner to look after his men, so we told 

 him how badly our porters had behaved. As he 

 had no " bibi " (wife) I gave him a bead necklace 

 for himself. He was delighted, but took it royally : 

 one could not mistake that he was better bred than 

 the others we came across — even in a native breed- 

 ing tells, in face and feature and dignity of bearing. 



My husband had a long tramp far up among 



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