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my paying a visit to their shamba on my return journey 

 to Gilgil, and gave me detailed directions, but in spite 

 of these I got lost again and wandered around the 

 landscape several hours. Eventually I found the 

 place, however, which proved to be a beautiful spot, 

 situated on top of a hill, and laid out like an Enghsh 

 park. Looking southeast from their veranda, I could 

 see Nairobi below, with Mount Kilimanjaro's peaks 

 reared skyward in the distant haze. Toward the 

 north, snowcapped Mount Kenya and the Aberdares 

 seemed near at hand. Beyond these was tomd 

 Legumukun, deep in the Great Rift. 



