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Somali, Soudanese, and Europeans. There was con- 

 tinuous suffering from fever, and some of the men had 

 really sharp attacks. The porters seemed proof against 

 the attacks of fever and climatic influences, and in fact 

 were greatly benefited by our stay, in appearance at 

 least. 



One evening during our stay at Tuni six elephant- 

 hunters appeared in our camp. These men were na- 



POKOMO Boat Builders at Work 



tives of Giriama, a country lying a little to the north of 

 Mombasa. They stated that they had been away seven 

 months hunting ivory, and had managed to get seven 

 tusks. On their way down the river they had been 

 attacked by the Somali, who killed two of their number, 

 and robbed them of their ivory, at a point about two 

 days' march above our camp. I questioned them closely 

 as to the whereabouts of the Somali, and then persuaded 

 them to act as guides to the point. 



Early the next morning I set out with seventy men, 

 and after crossing the river marched quickly along 



