Buruy Ndara^ and—the Jour^ieys End. 475 
to travel — an immense barren tract, constituting a large 
part of Eastern Africa, over which the inhabited dis- 
tricts are scattered Hke little islands in a sea of waste. 
Encountering a party of hunters on the way, but not a 
single lion, after four and a half hours' easy saunter- 
ing we reached Lanjora, where we found a camping 
place already prepared for us — a good thick hedge 
of thorns, and a nice shake-down of straw to sleep 
upon. Lanjora is a spring which has its rise here and 
runs towards the lake Jipe, but loses itself in the soil 
before it reaches that lake. The water is only slightly 
brackish, albeit the soil on either hand glistens with 
crystals of salt. Animals of all sorts resort hither for 
drink ; and even the elephant and rhinoceros find 
sufficient water and mud here to drink at and wallow 
in, though the channel is choked up to a great extent 
by rushes and flags. It is a much-frequented camping 
ground, as it is a very acceptable break upon the 
waterless desert between Bura and Taveta. 
We had not been in camp long before Beram, who 
had been a little beyond its limits, came back to 
inform us, with bated breath, that we were being 
watched by men from behind the bushes on all sides. 
Sadi and Tofiki were sent out to reconnoitre, while 
the rest of us prepared for defence. In a moment or 
two, however, our men returned, leading by the hand 
a man, who was introduced to. me as the cousin of 
Maina, the chief of Gnambua. He was accompanied 
by a large party of Buras, who, though they look 
savage enough, proved a peaceable party ; for, after 
begging for everything we had, they took their 
departure, and no harm w^as done. Nothing worse 
occurred during the night than the distant growl- 
