i 3 4 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 



" 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 



