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Xnt ©mediate Tot aX Hours 
nmde to out donn branches of trees, etc. 
Country then bepomes more open. Bad 
path. Ho water . Fair camel food and 
grazing. Uninhabited. 
Alt. 1,700 ft. Temp. 99 F. 
N.3S. oyer flat dry sandy country with 
thin bush and open spaces till within 1^ 
miles of river Hyero or Hyeri when it 
becomes very thick. One rain-hole 
about 4 ft. long and wide and 1 ft. deep 
passed about li miles from river. The 
Hyero river is about 10 yds. wide and 
2 ft. deep, running from JS. to W, with 
fast current and low steep banks thickly 
wooded on each side. Qood bottom. 
Good path. Good camel food. Fair 
grazing. A few inhabitants near river 
and some cultivation. The hills to the 
H. here end the flat plain which extends 
from the H. end of Lake Rudolf. 
7 425.6 2i Alt. 3,000 ft. Temp. 90 P. 
ISast along the river bank through thick 
bush then H.E. over flat bushy plain to 
foot of hills - about 1 hour. Then very 
steep ascent over stony path for 3/4 hr. 
in places almost impossible for loaded 
camels, to top of let hill, then W. along 
very narrow path on side of hill and H.E. 
into a well wooded valley. Descent 
steep in places. Bad path. Water from 
small spring. Ho camel food. Good 
grazing. Uninhabited. 
3 426.5 3 (Distance estimated in straight line as 
path twists very much). 
Alt. 4,300 ft. Temp. 83 P. 
H.E. up second hill with unloaded camels, 
my porters carrying up the loads by 
instalments. Ghort gradual ascent up 
stony path, then along narrow broken rough 
path on side of hill above chasm. Then 
steep short descent into dry river bed 
with very steep ascent of about 300 yds, 
on sandy path affording no foothold for 
camels at all. Path then got less steep 
11.2 418.5 4i HYKiO or 
HYERI 
•RIVER 
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