MY ARRIVAL AT TSAVO 



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- 



" I SLEPT THAT NIGHT IN A LITTLE PALM HUT." 



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 



