XXVII 

 Stalking Expeditions in the Nyika 



1HAYE had many hundred fruitful stalking expeditions 

 in the Masai-Nyika, but also many hundred fruitless 

 ones. I now request the reader to follow me in spirit 

 on some such expeditions, which I will select in such 

 a way as to give as exact as possible a picture of my 

 experiences. 



With the break of day I leave the camp, accompanied 

 by about thirty carriers. Each man brings with him a 

 calabash of water, and no more. Noiselessly, in a row, 

 they follow me and the Wandorobo guides. Immediately 

 behind me come the bearers of my photographic apparatus, 

 and my rifle-carriers. All the men are accustomed to 

 fall at once to the ground, upon a gesture from me, 

 making themselves, as nearly as may be, invisible. This, 

 of course, demands much patient practice. 



On departure from the camp it is impossible to tell 

 whether it may not be necessary to spend the night far 



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