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tobacco, sugar-cane, &c, which they had got fromKikuyu, and 

 offered to sell them to us, but we hastened on without stopping 

 as everyone saw the longed-for spring of Bagas behind the next 

 hill. It was not however until near mid-day that we really came 

 to it, and found that it issued from a shallow cleft overgrown 

 with rushes. We camped upon a flat rugged hill, having 

 now come to a very important stage in our journey. Our 

 march through Masailand was over and we stood upon the 

 threshold of Kikuyuland, on the eve of a time full of trial 

 and adventure. 



