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CHAPTER III 



ALONG LAXE RUDOLF 



• From March 6 to April 4, 1888 



The start — One of the missing men is found — Traces of a raid — The crater island — 

 A Bora '-like wind — To the Ngare Dabasch — An unexpected stroke of luck — 

 Mount Kulall — Intercourse with the Elmolo — A successful hippopotamus hunt 

 — The western side of Lake Eudolf — We meet some wandering Elmolo — The 

 sad experiences of a fugitive Burkeneji woman — At the base of Mount Lon- 

 gendoti — A leopard in. camp — Startling hunting episode — Water famine — In 

 Alia Bay — Elephant hunting — The Elmolo of Alia — An elephant smashes 

 our boat — Cheap ivory— Wild asses ? — To Eeshiat — Further elephant hunting 

 — Madsjchi a mvua — Qualla goes to Eeshiat — Submerged vegetation in the 

 lake — Qualla's adventm-es — A march in drenching rain — Arrival at the northern 

 end of the lake — The Oromaj of Eeshiat. 



The next morning we were still feeling the results of all we 

 had gone through in every limb, and would gladly have 

 remained where we were another day to get a thorough rest. 

 We should also have liked to examine more closely the 

 mysteries of the volcano on the west, from which clouds of 

 smoke ascended to heaven without intermission, but a glance 

 at our reduced stores, the bellowing of our hungry cattle 

 seeking in vain for food on the sand dunes, and as the sun rose 

 higher, lighting up the dreary surroundings, the remembrance 

 of the terrible hours we had already passed in this inferno of 

 sand-storms, all combined to convince us that we must hasten 

 away from this valley of death as quickly as possible. 



* The Bora is a very cold, dry wind, which blows from the north-east in the 

 winter on the eastern shores of Italy, the name being supposed to be derived from 

 the Italian horea, or north wind. — Teans. 



