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failed to find. They were still looking for it close 

 at hand, however, so Sabaki hailed them and they 

 at once set to work to skin and cut up the animal, 

 and then carried it to the camp. 



Meanwhile, of course, we knew nothing of all 

 this, and continued our hunt for game. Shortly 

 after noon we had a light lunch, and while 

 we were eating it our guides, Uliagurma and 

 Landaalu, discovered a bees' nest in a fallen tree 

 and proceeded to try to extract the honey, of which 

 the Masai are very fond. This interference was 

 naturally strongly resented by the bees, and soon 

 the semi-naked youths ran flying past us with the 

 angry swarm in full pursuit. I laughed heartily at 

 Landaalu, and chaffed him unmercifully for allowing 

 himself, a Masai, to be put to flight by a few bees. 

 This the jolly fellow took very good-humouredly, 

 saying that if he only had a jacket like mine he would 

 soon go and get the honey. I gave him my jacket 

 at once, and a most comical figure he cut in it, as it 

 was very short and he had practically nothing else 

 on. When the nest was properly examined, however, 

 it was found that the bees had eaten all the 

 honey ; so after taking some photographs of our 

 guides at work among the bees we all pro- 

 ceeded homewards, reaching camp about dusk, 

 with nothing to show for our long day's hunt. 



We were met by Sabaki, who was in a great 



