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chipped off the roof are sent. They are coated with soot, for 
herdsmen with their cattle still make use of the cave and build 
fires there. The cave is perfectly straight, and does not bend 
round. Nothing of interest was found by digging in the floor 
of the cave. The formation of the cave is somewhat different 
from any of the others about to be described. The other 
caverns are apparently originally formed by the falling together 
of two or more large boulders which have come to rest, leaving 
a space beneath. This space forms a cave, and has been 
apparently hollowed out gradually by fresh- water springs which 
still exist in some caves. The large cave above described, 
however, is formed by a single boulder, and is not the result 
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of other boulders falling together. From the ledge on which 
this cave is situated a magnificent view is obtained of the 
whole of the country bordering on the Kavirondo gulf, as far 
as Uyoma. 
Ascending to the top of the escarpment and skirting the 
beacon hill, one is guided down the valley of Nderum, on the 
further side of which are two of the most interesting caves 
of all. Climbing a short steep rise and cutting your way 
through bush, you approach two large boulders closely adjacent 
to each other. This place is called Kakamaket, the place of 
hyaenas : leopards and jackals are said to live here. It is 
an eerie place, and the entrance to each cave is exceedingly 
unattractive. Nandi natives do not use these caverns. You 
can only enter on hands and knees, but after entering you 
find you can stand up. The first cavity is formed by a large 
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