-> To Kilimanjaro with Prince Lowenstein 



because the lesser kudu (Strepsiceros imberbis}, in their 

 language, o'ssiram, used to frequent them. 



I had been the first European to describe these 

 marshes and their surroundings in 1899, the year of the 

 rising. In spite of the unhealthiness of the region I 

 pitched my camp here for a lengthy stay, so that I might 

 be able to take plenty of photographs of animals, 

 and make a careful study of the whole neighbourhood. 

 Only the western Njiri marshes have as yet been described 

 thoroughly in the works of the Austrian Count Wicken- 

 burg ; they are, however, by no means of the extent 

 and importance indicated upon the maps hitherto executed, 

 though naturally their extent is much greater in the wet 

 season than in the dry. They seem to me to have been 

 formerly more extensive than they are now, as is the 

 case with most of the other marshes and inland seas 

 throughout East Africa. 



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