CHAPTER VIII 



The road to Turcana lay via Seran and Lolokwi. 

 In fact, this was the only portion of the country with 

 which we were acquainted ; but we hoped to be able, 

 upon again reaching our friends, the Wanderobbo, to 

 procure fresh guides, who would be competent to lead 

 us to the other purchasing-ground for beasts of burden. 

 At early dawn on the morning of July 8, we left our 

 camp in the Rendile country, and reached Seran at 

 three in the afternoon of the same day. 



We received no response from our message to the 

 chiefs of the Rendile ; and, in fact, from their unfriendly 

 behaviour during the last few days of our stay in that 

 country, we hardly expected any. Nevertheless, we did 

 not like to leave their country without giving them 

 notice, lest they should construe our march into some- 

 thing in the nature of a retreat. 



Upon reaching Seran, I made a short detour of the 

 surrounding country, and killed three zebra and an 

 oryx beisa. I also wounded a rhinoceros, but the latter 

 we were unable to get. 



About five o'clock of the day of our arrival at Seran, 

 Lieutenant von Hohnel and I were seated at the door 

 of our tent, almost entirely undressed, owing to the 

 heat of the day, and taking tea, when some of our men, 

 who had gone to a pool of water 300 yards distant 



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