V 



SPORT ON THE GUASO MARU 



MTU MUNIKl and his people dwelt in a region of rough, 

 L broken country forming one of the northerly spurs of 

 Mount Kenia, where they led a peaceful existence, raising quan- 

 tities of hump-backed African cattle and native black beans. 

 One sultry afternoon late in March we moved our safari into 

 this country of red-clay hillocks, in order to replenish our supply 

 of provisions by trading with the natives. 



We pitched our tents within a few hundred yards of the kraal 

 of the venerable but drunken ruler, who, when he came out to 

 welcome us, was decked out with two Stetson hats, three khaki 

 coats, and a pair of abbreviated riding- trousers. Later we dis- 

 covered that these worn-out articles of wearing-apparel had 

 been presented to him by the last white traveller passing through 

 his country some time previous. On being informed of our 

 wants, during the afternoon the natives brought large quan- 

 tities of beans into camp, for which we gave them blue beads 

 and americani, while some of our men sewed up the steadily 

 increasing supply in bags of suitable weight to be carried by 

 the porters and donkeys. 



The old chief informed us that several times recently some 

 of his people had seen buffalo near a small stream five miles 

 distant. In hopes of encountering these animals, Fuguet and 

 I started out at sunrise the next morning, accompanied by two 

 gun-bearers and an escort consisting of the chief and half a 

 dozen of more or less elderly subjects. Among this branch of 



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