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told you have more than you need. Lose no time, then, and 

 come to us.' 



As the contingent we had sent on to Wendo or Ndevu had 

 not yet returned we had to resist our longing for the fleshpots 

 on the Kerio. But when our people came back the next morn- 

 ing, telling us that for many weary days' journey there was 

 nothing but mtama mbitschi kabissa (quite unripe dhurra), and 



A SDK SHAURI. 



that all they had to eat had been a few wretched wild berries 

 and mushrooms, we hastened to be off. 



Under the guidance of our newly found friends, the first 

 march on July 14 along the base of an easterly spur of the 

 Suk range brought us to Chemtulell, a settlement on a little 

 brook bordered by dhurra plantations. Here, four years ago, 

 the natives had tried to prevent Jumbe Kimemeta from going 

 further north ; but all was peace now. 



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