IV 
THE NDOROBO COUNTRY 
chiefly oryx and Grant’s gazelle, with zebra of both species, and 
a few rhinos where a sufficient supply of water is within reach, 
and here and there giraffe, while in suitable localities a 
sprinkling of waterbuck, impala and Waller’s gazelle are to be 
found, and occasionally ostriches. I shot one of the last, a cock 
Scene on Gwaso Nyiro with Waller’s Gazelle (Lithocranius walleri ) 
6 AND ? IN CHARACTERISTIC ATTITUDES. 
in pretty good plumage, and was always able to kill sufficient 
game to provide meat for myself and men. 
During the first two days twelve streams were crossed, 
all coming out of the Jambeni Range. These are the 
head waters of the branch of the Tana River called by 
Chanler and Von Hohnel the Mackenzie. I should add, with 
regard to the range so called on Von Hohnel’s map, that the 
natives really apply that name only to the highest peak, and 
do not use it (nor any general title) to describe the whole 
range. On the third day we were fortunate enough to get 
water in a hole in the rocky bottom of a gully (which is often 
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