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THROUGH JUNGLE AND DESERT 



CHAP. 



of the dhum palms which outlined the course of the 

 Guaso Nyiro. Immediately upon leaving Daitcho our 

 donkeys exhibited signs of sickness, and by the time 

 we reached this point, seven of them had died. When 

 we set out a few days before, each one of them appeared 

 fat and lusty ; and we thought we had at length rid 

 ourselves of the disease which had deprived us of so 

 many beasts of burden. We had thirty of them left, 

 and ten head of cattle ; so we were not downcast, 

 as we trusted the assurances of our guide, that he 



eros, and one of the Soudanese, while on watch in the 

 early morning, shot an oryx beisa; so I decided to 

 rest here another day. Large herds of zebra {chap- 

 mani) roamed in the immediate neighbourhood of the 

 camp; so near, in fact, that we were able to take pho- 

 tographs of them. 



While upon the subject of photographs, I may say 

 that we had taken with us two cameras : one of small 

 size made in Paris, which took a negative four by 

 five inches, and could be used without a tripod ; and 

 another, much larger, which took a negative seven by 



would soon take 

 us to people who 

 w^ould lead us 

 to the Rendile, 

 where we could 

 purchase more 

 beasts of burden. 



An Embe Donkey 



While at this 

 camp, Lieuten- 

 ant von Hohnel 

 killed a rhinoc- 



