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drink at sunrise and sunset, as regular as clockwork. 



A pause was made here for a camel safari of 28 

 camels. These could carry food and equipment for 

 ten days for the big party which we now made, and 

 water for four days. Since we now had 61 natives 

 and 7 whites this was doing very well. Water was the 

 troublesome item. That at Lesamis was dirty; and 

 we had only 14 gallons left from the supply we took 

 on at the Lake. 



When the time came to pack and go, the camels, 

 who are never on their good behavior — if they 

 have any — acted a little worse than usual. Fotir 

 or five kicked off their loads and disturbed the whole 

 caravan. It was nearly four in the afternoon before 

 we finally got underway. 



Game proved fairly scarce on the jotimey. Also 

 the weather got hotter and hotter, the temperature 

 going up to well above 90°F. in the middle of the day. 

 Elephant were seen but no decent pictures secured, 

 much to the disappointment of the newcomers. On 

 July 3 we gave up the search for game and struck out 

 for oiu" base camp at Merille where our cars were 

 waiting to take us down to Nairobi. Thence the 

 Eastman-Pomeroy party made a trip down to the 

 southwest after lions, some of the adventures of 

 which we shared and which I will presently describe. 

 It was these adventures which made the high point of 

 our four years. 



