CHAPTER XI 



MY SECOND EXPEDITION TO EAST AFRICA 



I MADE a second expedition to British East Africa 

 in 1909-10, after my retirement from the Indian 

 Civil Service. My intention was to make a pro- 

 longed tour, and I at first thought of travelling 

 alone. Colonel Gimlette of the I. M.S., who had 

 also recently returned from the service, had, 

 however, formed similar plans ; and, at the 

 suggestion of a mutual friend, we agreed to travel 

 together. Colonel Gimlette had taken his passage 

 for Mombassa in a steamer leaving Europe a 

 few days earlier than the steamer I had arranged 

 to travel by, so that he arrived in the country 

 before me; but, after shooting for some days at 

 Simba, he waited for me at Nairobi. 



We were both of one mind about the expedition. 

 We both wished to see something of the country 

 off the beaten track, and we were both specially 

 anxious to shoot lion and buffalo, and also, if 

 possible, an elephant. We decided, therefore, 

 to march from Nairobi round Kenia Mountain, 

 and then down the northern Guaso Nyiro River 

 to the Lorian swamp, a place which up to this time 

 had been visited by only one or two Europeans, 

 and which was said to be much frequented by 

 elephants. 



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