ALONG LAKE NY IRE 



flew down in hundreds, and even 

 before the rear-guard had left 

 fell upon the debris. Many of 

 them also followed our caravan 

 for a considerable distance. 



We marched but little over 

 two hours this morning, keeping 

 alongside Lake Nyiri, though we 

 could rarely see it on account of 

 the quantities of papyrus and 

 rushes encumbering its banks. 

 The path led for the greater part 

 of the distance across a sandy or 

 ash-strewn district, considerably 

 overgrown with light green bush, 

 but for one half hour we had to 

 toil over a bit of ground strewn 

 with rugged, sharp-edged rocks, 

 beyond which we camped. 



We were visited by very few 

 natives, as we were now a con- 

 siderable distance from a kraal 

 or bumba. So far we had not 

 seen any Masai village at all. 

 Here, for the first time, a Masai 

 seemed anxious to pick a quarrel 

 with us. An old man who had 

 come two days' journey to see us 

 flung back the present we offered 

 him, and declared that our inarch 

 would lead us through his district, 

 but he would not allow us to pass 

 as we had sick cattle with us. 



