1 MY ARRIVAL AT TSAVO 5 
the landscape. From a place called N’dii, the 
railway runs for some miles through a beautifully 
wooded country, which looked all the more inviting 
after the deadly monotony of the wilderness through 
which we had just passed. To the south of us could 
be seen the N'dii range of mountains, the dwelling- 
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place of the Wa Taita people, while on our right 
rose the rigid brow of the N’dungu Escarpment, 
which stretches away westwards for scores of miles. 
Here our journey was slow, as every now and 
again we stopped to inspect the permanent works in 
progress ; but eventually, towards dusk, we arrived 
at our destination, Tsavo. I slept that night in a 
