A TRIO I SAW TOGETHER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS : A GNU BULL, 

 A THOMSON'S GAZELLE, AND A GERENUK GAZELLE 



XVIII 

 A Lion'Hunt 



AT the end of January 1897 I arrived in Kikuyu with 

 a small caravan. I had come from Victoria Nyanza, 

 where I had been down with malaria for several months. 

 Alone and helpless, I had a hard tussle for my life, but 

 thanks entirely to the untiring care given me by two officers, 

 Mr. C. W. Hobley and Mr. Tompkins, stationed at Fort 

 Mumia, I succeeded, against all probability, in shaking 

 off the fever. 



In May 1896 the exploring expedition, which I had 

 been able to join, had set out from the German Coast 

 with about 420 men, and, after traversing some entirely 

 unknown regions, had reached Victoria Nyanza. 



I cannot here enter upon the story of the varied and 

 in some cases very interesting experiences met with on 

 this stage of the expedition. Here I propose to recount 

 only what happened to me on January 25th, when on 

 my way to the coast of Kikuyu. I was traversing for 

 the first time that recently explored country in order to 



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