134 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
flows for about eighty miles in a northerly direction 
until it joins the Athi River, about seven miles 
below Tsavo Station. From this point the united 
streams take the name of Sabaki and flow more or 
less eastwards until they reach the Indian Ocean at 
Malindi, some seventy miles north of Mombasa. 
A narrow and tortuous Masai warpath winds 
along its whole length, but although we followed 
this trail our journey was nevertheless a very slow 
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‘* UNTIL IT JOINS THE ATHI RIVER.” 
one, owing to the overhanging branches and 
creepers, from which we had constantly to be dis- 
engaged. The march was full of interest, however, 
for it was not long before we came upon fresh tracks 
both of hippo and rhino. Every now and again, 
also, we caught glimpses of startled bush-buck and 
water-buck, while occasionally the sound of a splash 
in the water told of a wary crocodile. We had gone 
about half the distance to the Sabaki when we came 
upon an unexpected obstacle in the shape of a great 
