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explore these hills, as I was anxious to resume 

 work at Tsavo as soon as possible ; so after 

 breakfast we packed up the zebra skin and 

 began to retrace our steps through the jungle. 

 It was an intensely hot day, and we were all 



'WATCH THE ANIMALS COME DOWN TO DRINK." 



very glad when at length we reached the home 

 camp. 



Most of my little trips of this sort, however, were 

 made in a northerly direction, towards the ever- 

 interesting Athi or Sabaki rivers. After a long and 

 tiring walk through the jungle what a pleasure it 

 was to lie up in the friendly shelter of the rushes 



