JOURNEYING TO THE KILIMANJARO 



caravan, a welcome prey to hundreds of small falcons 

 and other birds. 



One day, travelling through the high grass of the 

 steppe, I was al^out to mount my mule — we had taken 

 along, from Italy, a number of these hardy animals — 

 when suddenly three lions crossed our path and disap- 

 peared in a thorny thicket. It all happened so quickly 

 that neither the prince nor I got a shot at them. We 



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sio])ped for a few days, hoping to find t.li.'ir l;iir, but 



ur hoj^cs ])rovc'd futile. However, we Ik id leisure 1 

 l^ecome acquainted with the many kinds of liirds which 



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