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VII. Hunting Elephant and Riding Lion . , 160 



An elephant herd J. J. W.'s lion hunt Following 

 three lions Herd of giraffe An exciting lion chase. 



VIII. Elephant 185 



Hunting elephant Three elephant herds A dead 

 elephant. 



IX. Nzoia Plateau and Its Tribes . . . 208 



The Nzoia plateau The tribes Nandi Massai 

 Cherangang N'dorobo Poisoned arrows Karamojo 

 Wanyamwazi dance Lion hunting in the Nzoia Malim 

 wounded by a lion Valley of the Kerio Elgoan cus- 

 toms Tribal treatment of a " liar " Elgoan views of 

 God Native dance. 



X. Good-bye Sergoit 239 



A lion "ride" Best gun for lion shooting "Riding" a 

 cheetah A porcupine Ostriches used as "time pieces" 

 The "honey bird" Hyena traps A python climbs 

 into a ship The lion's roar Good-bye Sergoit ! 



XI. From Gilgil to Kenia 260 



Naivasha Lake Kinan-Kop Waterfalls Hippo on 

 the Embellossett Water birds on the Embellossett 

 The Guasi Narok Malaria and its remedy Mr. Stauf- 

 facher and the man-eating leopard Lions on the Guasi 

 Nyiro The Massai spear An aard wolf Partridges 

 Massai flies Mt. Kenia Thorn tree A piper A 

 rhino. 



XII. Syce's Adventure . . . . 284 



A family of lions Syce's adventure A buffalo herd 

 Tracking a wounded buffalo A buffalo's " charge " 

 Reminiscences of the West in '68 Reminiscences of 

 Ireland Mt. Kenia. 



XIII. A Morning's Ride Through Rhino Country 302 



The flora of the country Baboon's war cry An 

 ostrich and his family The giraffe's neck The home 

 of the rhino Wild dog A mountain stream and its 

 fauna The rhino and its Myocene ancestor An 

 " attack " by a rhino. 



