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was found in that position after dining well, and 

 who declared he was a mushroom waiting to grow ; 

 only I was even more like one, being nearer the 

 right colour. 



On our return journey towards Gilgil we took a 

 higher road, meaning to camp in our old place. 

 But after waiting for two and a half hours for the 

 porters, we decided that they had taken a cattle 

 track and gone on to the last water of all, so on we 

 went for another couple of hours, and then we found 

 them without even the tents up. 



On our way back into Gilgil my husband shot 

 a wild pig. Hysena-like, Wilson of course took the 

 two hind legs for himself ; he will eat anything and 

 everything, that man ! 



I was surprised that Moses did not claim his 

 share, but he saw its throat had not been cut ! I 

 was very disappointed at not having had a chance of 

 a shot at a lion, and the station-master told us at 

 Gilgil, that less than three weeks before, one of 

 Ali Dini Visram's (a trader's) porters had been 

 taken in the night by a lion, two marches out on 

 our road. I felt the lion might have had the de- 

 cency to wait till we came along, instead of attack- 

 ing an unprotected safari. 



Our porters had behaved very well this time, as 

 some days they had had long hot marches with 

 heavy loads. We parted with them at Naivasha 



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