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propped up against a carriage, I took a photograph 
of him standing beside his fine trophy. 
Three days after this incident railhead reached 
Nairobi, and I was given charge of the new 
division of the line. Nairobi was to be the head- 
quarters of the Railway Administration, so there 
**] TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM STANDING BESIDE HIS FINE TROPHY.” 
was an immense amount of work to be done in 
converting an absolutely bare plain, three hundred 
and twenty-seven miles from the nearest place 
where even a nail could be purchased, into a 
busy railway centre. Roads and bridges had to 
be constructed, houses and work-shops built, turn- 
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