In Wildest Africa -^ 



and Mr. Tompkins, to whom I owe a debt of gratitude. 

 I had caught the disease in the marshes of the Nyanza 

 and in my tramp through the wild Sotik and Nandi 

 country, then unexplored or very Httle known. During 

 the last few days our march had once more been im- 

 perilled by hostile tribes, the rebel Wakamassia, but 



MY BOYS BODY-SERVANTS AS DISTINGUISHED FROM BEARERS AMUSED 



THEMSELVES AT MOSCHI BY ORGANISING WHAT IS CALLED A " GOMA." 



this danger was all but past now that we were entering 

 the uninhabited region of the Nakuro, Elmenteita and 

 Naiwasha Lakes, in the district known to the Masai as 

 En'aiposha. 



Endless undulating expanses of grassy country, un- 

 adorned by a single tree, had made our last days of 

 marching not too pleasant. Now there was a marked 



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