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neither of ns had a camera, but the accompanying sketch 
will give an idea of the craft. 
Two honey-barrels are fastened about four feet apart 
with a pole between ; and the two ferrymen lie one on each 
barrel, the lower ends of which are submerged by the weight 
of the men : the passengers, not more than two, hang on the 
pole between the barrels, and as they generally cannot swim, 
and the river is full of crocodiles, they do not enjoy the crossing ; 
the faces of the men we saw just appearing out of the water 
were really comical. 
At the top end of each barrel are six sticks which form a 
fork in which loads are placed. 
The craft is taken 100 yards above the point they wish 
to land on, and is launched and carried rapidly down-stream, 
the ferrymen propelling it across by leg action. 
Before starting, the ferrymen offer a prayer to 4 Aimu ’ 
(good spirits) to protect them during the voyage, and either 
through faith in 4 Aimu,’ or because they are so used to the 
danger, do not fear the crocodiles at all ; they say a man is 
occasionally taken, but will probably be a passenger. There 
is no doubt about crocodiles being there in great number — 
Barton shot one eleven feet long a few hundred yards below 
the ford where the ferry was working. 
The reason so few people are taken by crocodiles is, really, 
that during the floods these animals are not so dangerous 
as in the dry season, when, of course, people can ford the 
river and the ferry does not work. 
THE JAMJEE RIVER, LUMBWA DISTRICT 
By C. M. Dobbs 
The following notes with regard to the disappearance 
of the Jamjee river underground may be of interest. 
At a point about twelve miles from Kericho Station and 
two miles below the bridge on the main Kericho-Sotik road, 
the bed of this river is composed of a huge flat rock. When 
the river is not in flood this rocky bed is quite dry except 
