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of buffalo — the latter quite fresh — but that was all we 

 saw of either animal. There were chameleons in this 

 bush, and I noticed a kind of squirrel not seen before. 



Dining at the Dalv bungalow one evening were 

 three white men, all singularly silent and preoccupied. 

 Various topics were mooted, but all fell flat. At night 

 we were surprised to observe that two of these men 

 went to bed in their boots, and with rifles, swords and 

 such-like lethal weapons at hand. We learned later 

 that one of the three was under arrest for murder, 

 the other two being responsible for his safe-keeping ! A 

 more agreeable meeting was with Rev. J. A. Wray, w^ho 

 for twenty-three years has worked as a missionary at 

 Sagalla in the hills above Voi, and with whom we 

 travelled to Mombasa. 



Leaving that port by the Messageries Maritimes' 

 steamer Djemnah, we reached home towards the end 

 of April. 



