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the dead body of Kalowatt, whom they had known 

 for so long and so happily. I think they loved her 

 almost as much as we did. 



We mustered two or three Nairobi boys and drove 

 ten miles out into the country to a forest reserve 

 that was not likely to be touched by man for many 

 years. We selected a site under a large tree, and 

 the boys dug a six-foot grave. We placed Kalowatt 

 in it, and beside her the cage that had been her home. 



We now went back to Lake Paradise for our last 

 visit. There were loose ends to tie and a last few 

 pictures to make. Though we had been in Africa 

 only three years and ten months, we foimd it was not 

 necessary to stay the extra year we had planned 

 for in the beginning. Our luck with the lions and 

 elephants had been such that we all felt reasonaby 

 satisfied with the film we had got. So we decided to 

 return to America with what we had. 



When we were all packed we decided to leave 

 several boys at Lake Paradise to look after the place 

 in order that we might come back to it some time in 

 the following year or so. I sent word out to the 

 caravans that passed on the plains telling the Samali 

 that on a certain day we would hold a sale of our 

 goods that we did not need to take home with us. 

 When the natives turned up they were the most wild- 

 looking gang of cutthroats that I have ever seen. 

 We had arranged in piles our cooking utensils, 



