CHAPTER XI 



ON SAFARI TO THE NORTH 



WE left Nairobi on January 2ist and set out 

 on what proved to be an eventful and disastrous 

 expedition. 



Our route lay northward in the direction of Fort 

 Hall, and as usual the first march proved full of 

 difficulties. The men had to shake down into their 

 places and get used to their loads; the mules and 

 donkeys kicked and bucked and tossed their burdens 

 off as fast as they were put on; some rascals who 

 had received the usual advance of pay and posho 

 tried to run away, and a strict guard had to be 

 placed over them; so that it was not until late in 

 the evening that we were all comfortably settled in 

 camp at Kamiti Ranch, where the owner entertained 

 us most hospitably. 



Of course little or no game was seen so close to 

 Nairobi, although a small herd of buffalo was reported 

 within three miles of the ranch, which is situated on 



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