vi PREFACE 



convenient sections. I found that the Guaso Nyiro 

 makes a much greater bend to the south than is 

 shown in any of the existing maps. 



I took a large number of photographs on these 

 two expeditions, but unfortunately I found on 

 my return to civilization that over 'ten score films, 

 which I fondly hoped held excellent and unique 

 pictures, had been ruined by the excessive heat and 

 damp experienced on the journey. Some, however, 

 turned out fairly well, and these, I trust, will give a 

 fair idea of the country, people, and animals. My 

 very sincere thanks are due to Mrs. A. Saunderson 

 and Mr. T. J. Spooner for permission to reproduce 

 some photographs taken by them, which much 

 enhance any interest that the book may possess. 

 Mr. Spooner was one of the first to explore the 

 regions about the Aberdare range of mountains, 

 and it was he who discovered Lake El Bolosat, 

 of which a beautiful photograph is reproduced on 

 page 142. 



The exploits of the Man-Eaters of Tsavo aroused 

 so much interest that I have devoted the open- 

 ing chapter to an- account of one or two of their 

 many unrecorded and unwelcome appearances in 

 our midst at the time of the building of the 

 Uganda Railway. 



Practically the whole of this book was written 

 while I was suffering from the illness which I 

 contracted in the nyika, so I trust that its many 



shortcomings will be overlooked. 



J. H. P. 



I/)NDOX, Augitit, 1909. 



