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and during it, of course, all the natives slunk away, a moran 

 andliis doje turning it to account by carrying ofFseveral liundred 

 strings of beads. They were both caught and their booty taken 

 from them. The moran was well flogged by our Somal and 

 turned out of camp in the midst of universal mockery, but 

 hife disappointed lady-love was allowed to go off scot free. 



On the morning of November 12 we left the foggy Subugo 



NOMAD MASAI. 



valley, rounded the northern group of heights on the east, and 

 after a short march along their north-eastern base, camped 

 near a swampy reed-grown ravine. We were still some 6,500 

 feet above the sea-level, but there was a noticeable difference in 

 the temperature. The district we were now in was known as 

 the Lare lol Morio. Lare signifies generally a small swamp fed 

 from springs, so that Lare lol Morio means the swamp with 

 the morio trees. We were to make acquaintance with many 



