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IN THE GRIP OF THE NYIKA CHAP. 



head safely after us to Nairobi, where on measuring 

 it I found the spread of the horns to be just a shade 

 over 48 inches. 

 The following afternoon we at last reached the 



"CAUTIOUSLY SPYING ON THE SAFARI." 



Tana, and as I approached the boat ferry which 

 crosses it, I suddenly came upon a native with a 

 bow in his hand and a well-stocked quiver at his 

 back, cautiously spying on the safari from the 



