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ALONG THE GUASO NAROK 



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position of two prominent objects well ahead of me. 

 I also drew in such rivers, nullahs, hills, etc., as we 

 passed on the way. Every hour I marked off three 

 miles when I considered that was the average speed 

 travelled at, and, of course, more or less according as 

 the pace varied. 



"TO SEE THAT THE PORTERS CARRIED HIM GENTLY." 



I always took the reading of the aneroid at the 

 same hour in the afternoon, as I had found that it 

 would vary over 200 feet at the same spot, according 

 as it was taken at noon in the heat of the day, or at 

 midnight. In this way I sketched in the entire 

 route from Rumuruti to Marsabit, and I hope 



