WE CAMP OPPOSITE MOUNT KENIA 



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district^ seemed deserted alike by men and animals, so that we 

 were at last able to enjo}^ that rest in the wilderness for which 

 we had longed so often in the previous weeks. 



Our arrival, of course, brought a little animation into the 

 scene, and all were soon busily engaged in clearing a place 

 for our camp, cutting 

 down trees for the 

 palisade necessary to 

 our security, building 

 huts for the men, 

 stables for the nume- 

 rous animals, and 

 store-houses for the 

 goods and the provi- 

 sions we should have 

 to collect for our 

 further journey to 

 Lake Baringo. We 

 ourselves stuck to 

 our tents, which we 

 preferred to a hut as 

 we suffered so much 

 less from vermin in 

 them. These tents 

 we pitched facing 

 Kenia, so that we 

 might look at it when- 

 ever the cloud canopy generally shrouding it from view was 

 lifted. When we first got to Ndoro we usuall}^ got a peep in 

 the early morning and at sunset, but onl)^ a peep lasting a few 

 minutes. The general appearance of the mountain was very 

 much what it had been from Kikuyuland, except that the 

 outlines were more defined, especially those of the steep slopes 



BALEARICA PAVONINA. 



