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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photo by Kermit Roosevelt. Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons 

 FLAMINGOES ON LAKE HANNINGTON, CALLED BY THE NATIVES z'WA ONDAGE 



"THE lake OF the birds" 



Settler's small boy with pet "Tommy" gazelle. 

 Photo by Kermit Roosevelt. Copyright 

 by Charles Scribner's Sons 



killed. Finally we left both the lion and 

 the rhino and came to a Masai corral, 

 which was about three miles from our 

 camp. The men carrying the lioness 

 were very tired and I thought it best to 

 stop and skin her. So we called to the 

 people inside of the corral to let us come 

 inside and skin the lioness. At night the 

 cattle are put in the middle of those 

 corrals — those big fenced inclosures 

 with square huts around the edge. "The 

 Masai replied that we could not come in, 

 because the smell of the lioness would 

 make the cattle stampede. I think they 

 were a little suspicious of us. My com- 

 panion offered to give them his rifle to 

 hold as a proof of our good intentions ; 

 but they said no ; that they didn't want 

 that. They handed us torches ; we started 

 a fire. They finally became convinced 

 that we were peaceable, and then they 

 came out to witness the skinning. The 

 porters crouched near the blazing fire, 

 and our gun-bearers started to skin the 

 lioness. Tarlton, the Australian who 

 was with me, and I stood behind, holding 

 the bridles of our horses. Masai war- 

 riors and girls came out and, forming a 

 circle around the porters, chaffed and 

 jested with them. There was one man, 



