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He, however, hearing that I was annoyed, sensibly came at 

 once ; so we had our council of war by the fire and I was 

 mollified. 



It was decided that we should move camp in the morning 

 to a larger rock pool, which I was assured was full of water, 

 beyond where we had just been hunting ; the little Ndorobo 

 community, consisting of two or three women and a few 



Author's Chef exercising his Art. 



(From a Photograph.) 



children belonging to Baithai and one or two of his mates, 

 following. Baithai assured me there was a very favourite 

 haunt of elephants farther on (still along the foot of the Lorogi), 

 where a stream ran out of a gorge in the mountains, and said 

 he thought we were almost sure to find some about there. 

 Failing that, we were to climb the range and hunt in the 

 " subugo " forest on the top. He told me he had sent all 

 through the El Boffoi bush and southward alone: the foot of 



