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eager for tlie cliase the little yellow curs of tlie natives became 

 directly they caught sight of any game. They flew like arrows 

 from a bow at the quarry, outstripped it, and tried by leaping 

 at the throat to drive it back towards us. As a matter of fact 

 they often succeeded in bringing antelopes to a stand. 



By nine o'clock we had Mount Losagam on our left. We 

 were now approaching well-populated districts, and Lemagori 

 advised us to be careful to keep well together, as our sudden 

 and altogether unexpected appearance might awake the hostility 

 of the natives, who would take us for mangati,^ or enemies. 

 We now understood why our guide had let so many of his 

 friends come with him. We were marching quietly along the 

 flat beach when we saw two girls with bowls on their heads 

 advancing towards us in the distance. When they caught sight 

 of us they started, remained staring at us for a minute or two, 

 and then, setting down their bowls, ran away as fast as their 

 legs could carry them. At Lemagori's suggestion one of the 

 Turkana warriors with us ran off" at once to try and reassure 

 them. Again and again the same kind of thing happened, as 

 we constantly came upon cattle minded by a single herd, who 

 was ready to take to his heels at our approach. Our escort 

 had enough to do to stop them all in time to prevent a general 

 scare ; but, thanks to our caution, we reached the broad bed 

 of the now dried up Eagemat with its fringe of palms about 

 eleven o'clock, without having disturbed the people of the 

 country too much. 



We had scarcely settled down in the pleasant shady wood 

 for our noonday rest when Lemagori, pointing to the north, 

 suddenly cried, ' Bugeden,'' look over there ! That row of trees 

 marks the Trrawell, and in two hours we might be there, but 



^ Mangati means literally wild animals, and is used also for enemies. 

 ^ A Masai word, meaning Lord of the Oxen, or Mightj' Master. Ba-ngischu lias 

 the same meaning ; both are, however, rarely used. 



