-^ The Spell of the Elelescho 



downward incline of the grass-covered plateau ; it gradually 

 changed to a barren plain of volcanic origin, and the view 

 extended over the wide glittering lake. 



Filling a far-stretching hollow, and lost to view on 

 the horizon, it lay at our feet, a w^elcome sight. 



The camp was pitched beside a parched-looking 



MY BEARERS LOST NO OPPORTUNITY OF INDULGING IN THE ENJOYMENT OF A BATH. 



'msuaki tree on the banks of a brook which at this time 

 of the year was a turbid torrent pouring itself down 

 towards the lake. Some time before, bush and grass fires 

 had raged in the neighbourhood and destroyed the old 

 grass, and here, it would seem, a heavy rainfall had 

 conjured forth for us a new carpet of grass that was fresh 

 and luxuriant. The remarkable luxuriance of the grass 



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