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grown. At Eldoret Prof. W. G. Ogg gave a lecture on ' Soils.' A third 

 party numbering about thirty made a three-days' tour in a fleet of cars 

 to Nyeri and Nanyuki. The slopes of Mount Kenya were of great interest 

 to the botanists, as the district has a plentiful supply of camphor, yellow 

 wood and bamboo trees. Mr. Home, the District Commissioner, con- 

 ducted ten members through sixty miles of the Native Eeserve, and the 

 Nyeri Reception Committee gave a dinner to the whole party at the 

 Outspan Hotel. At the Rhino Hotel Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., gave a 

 lecture on ' Preservation of Natural Flora,' and a lecture on ' Transport ' 

 was given by Prof. F. C. Lea. 



A fourth party paid a three-days' visit to Navaisha, Elmenteita and 

 Nakuru, and twelve members visited Lake Magadi, passing through the 

 Masai Reserve and Game Reserve to the great Soda Lake. 



On August 29 a banquet was given at Nairobi by Councillor Chas. 

 Udall (the Mayor) and the Municipal Council to all the members visiting 

 Kenya. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Edward Grigg, the Governor, was present. 

 Addresses of welcome were given by the Governor and the Mayor, and the 

 thanks of the Association for the magnificent reception of its members 

 were expressed by the Hon. Sir Charles Parsons, O.M., K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 Prof. A. C. Seward, F.R.S., and Miss B. R. Saunders. The following 

 farewell message was printed in the East African Standard on August 31 : — ■ 



' On the eve of our departure from Nairobi, we members of the first 

 party of the British Association desire to express our grateful appreciation 

 of the generous hospitality which has been afforded to us on all sides 

 during our visit to Kenya Colony. 



' It is not too much to say that in the hearts of every one of us is a 

 feeling of regret that we have not been able to remain here for more than 

 a few days. All the members of all the local tours are enthusiastic as to 

 the wonders they have seen, both natural and as the result of man's 

 enterprise and industry. We all feel here, more than in any other territory 

 which we have visited since leaving Cape Town, that we are in a character- 

 istically British Colony. If there be any other place in the British Empire 

 which reminds us of home and our own particular social life more than 

 Kenya Colony then to all of us it remains unknown. 



' We have been profoundly impressed by the possibilities of immense 

 development afiorded by the natural features, climate and soil of the 

 Colony, and it is our fervent hope that the British community which has 

 established itself so successfully here will preserve the same type in future 

 years so that Kenya Colony may be a pattern of what life overseas has to 

 ofEer to the many settlers who will assuredly be attracted to it in increasing 

 numbers.' 



The party left Nairobi on August 30 and Mombasa on August 31, and 

 proceeded homewards via the Red Sea. A flying visit to Cairo was made 

 by thirty members. 



Tour 9. 



This tour left Johannesburg on August 9, and followed the same route 

 as Tour 8. 



At Fort Victoria the party divided into two groups, one going direct 

 to Zimbabwe, whilst the other remained in Fort Victoria and vice versa, 

 two days being spent at each place. 



