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THROUGH JUNGLE AND DESERT 



CHAP. 



Much to our disgust, the Rendile did not reappear 

 during our stay at this place. 



The following day Achmet Dualla returned with 

 but three of the party who had accompanied him to 

 bring back the donkey saddles. The three men had 

 been sufficient to bring back the empty saddles, and 

 it is well that they were ; for Achmet reported that, 



Native Bridge — A Chasm in the Guaso Nyiro River 



upon reaching Lolokwi, Mohamadi with the other six 

 men had made off in the night. This news was all 

 but pleasant. We knew they would have little diffi- 

 culty in reaching the coast, for the distance between 

 Lolokwi and the ford on the Guaso Nyiro, where we 

 had deposited the five days' food supply, was short 

 enough to be covered in a day ; and after supplying 

 themselves there they would be able to reach the coast 

 at Mombasa, or, by following the Tana, at Lamoo. 



