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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA CHAP. 



engaged a number of porters to carry food, tents, &c. 

 I was also fortunately able to buy a horse that I 

 knew well, as he had been ridden by a friend who 

 was with me on a shooting trip through Laikipia a 

 couple of years previously. He was called Aladdin, 

 and was a beautiful white Arab, with arched neck 



"ALADDIN ... A BEAUTIFUL WHITE ARAB." 



and long flowing tail, fleetfooted as a gazelle. He 

 was, however, rather timid and nervous when 

 going through bush country, so much so that if 

 even a bird fluttered out of a tree, he would give a 

 great jump and bound away with a terrified snort. 

 Poor Aladdin ! He must have been aware of the 

 danger which lurked among the bushes, and perhaps 



