AT THE BASE OF THE ELMAROROJ MOUNTAIN 



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the plain through a wild ravine-like valley of the Elmaroroj 

 mountain on the east of our halting-place. It only gets as far 

 as Lake Baringo in the rainy season, and at present it ended in 

 a little reed-grown swamp. There was plenty of game in the 

 neighbourhood, and in a short afternoon's hunting excursion the 

 Count brought down two rhinoceroses, whilst two wounded 

 buffaloes escaped him. 



SOKONI HOLDS FOKTH. 



The following morning we went on through the short steppe 

 grass of the valley in a northerly direction along the base of 

 the Elmaroroj mountain till we canie to a lateral valley from 

 which issues a stream flowing in a southerly direction. The 

 ground was here covered with soft green sward such as we had 

 not seen for a very long time, and our animals got so excited 

 over it that the Count decided to halt on their account. A 

 buffalo cow he had shot by the way sufficed for half rations for 

 the whole party, so that we were able to manage the break in 



