484 THROUGH JUNGLE AND DESERT chap. 



They led us in a roundabout way through a tangled 

 mass of bush and over dried watercourses, and then 

 deserted us. Their purpose in this was to prevent 

 our passage through their plantations, as Zanzibari 

 caravans in so doing usually robbed them. 



Wakamba Medicine-men 



Two days' march from this village we entered a 

 beautiful rolling country, which was formerly thickly 

 populated by natives, but was then deserted. Emi- 

 gration was caused by the continued raids of the 

 Masai. 



