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FROM THE COAST TO KILIMANJARO 



good camping-place on the Euvu near their own kraal. There 

 was, for once, no talk of presents from the white man ; on the 

 contrary, Alkomai, the chief man of the place, brought two 

 fine oxen as a gift from himself. Count Teleki, who did not 

 happen to have with him any of the iron wire the Masai set so 

 much store by, declined to accept the oxen, but in spite of all he 

 could urge he was compelled to receive two goats. The next 

 day the journey was resumed under the guidance of two Masai 

 warriors. For two days the course was in a northerly direc- 

 tion from two and a half to three and three-quarter miles from 

 the banks of the Pangani, which were here very swampy, 

 across flat plains with a few isolated acacias, past the Lasiti 

 range to Mount Sambo. On the second day the monotony was 

 broken by herds of oxen and goats, whilst Masai men and women 

 hastened to join the caravan, behaving in a most peaceable 

 and friendly manner, and pointing out a good camping-place 

 near a water-hole. Then a further march northwards, across 

 districts encumbered with reeds, making walking very difficult 

 till the swampy region was passed, when a detour westwards 

 was made back to the river, on the banks of which the camp 

 was pitched. On this march the caravan passed very near 

 the Sambo mountain, which presented a very rugged, barren 

 appearance, and, according to the natives, was only visited by 

 the herds of cattle, &c, in the rainy season. The district in 

 which the Count now found himself was called Angata 

 Lesulenge, the first word meaning, in Masai, pasture or 

 meadow lands. The river was here from 43 to 55 3*ards 

 wide, and flowed at about the rate of two miles an hour. 

 Countless crocodiles haunted the stream, and in a few minutes 

 after his arrival at the camping- place Count Teleki had shot 

 three, as well as a python some of yards long. The Count 

 decided to rest here a day, and from far and near the 

 people flocked in in such numbers that the caravan almost 



