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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA CHAP. 



lam the safari marched on to the north end of 

 the Pes Swamp, while I rode back to Rumuruti 

 to make inquiries about the donkeys and leave 

 word with the official there of our change of camp. 

 After a pleasant lunch with the District Com- 

 missioner I returned in the evening to find my 



MASEKONDl'S WIVES AND CHILDREN. 



companions all comfortably settled in the new 

 camping ground, where we decided to await the re- 

 turn of Munyakai. 



There were numbers of Masai with their flocks 

 and herds in this locality, and on visiting a large 

 manyalta, or village, of these people, I was most 

 hospitably entertained. We in turn were visited at 



