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IN AFRICA 



of the building. The roofs and trees were filled 

 with natives and the broad open space beyond the 

 station was fringed with pony carts, bullock carts, 

 rickshaws, cameras, and some hotel 'buses. Several 

 thousand people, mostly East Indians and natives, 

 were among those present. Lord Delamere, who 

 has adopted East Africa as his home, and who owns 



In the Back Yard of Nairobi 



a hundred thousand acres or so of game preserves, 

 read an address of welcome, and Sir Percy, in white 

 uniform and helmet, responded with a speech that 

 struck a popular note. There were dozens of cam- 

 eras snapping and the whole effect was distinctly 

 festive in appearance. 



The town lies on the edge of the Athi Plains, a 

 broad sweep of sun-bleached grass veldt many 



