CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER VII 
SECOND EXPEDITION 
Change in rifle equipment—Reach Samburu—A waterless district—Watering donkeys 
—Flocks of guinea-fowl—-Ukambani—Among the Wakamba tribe—Mishap to 
Frolic—An impassable river—Traces of elephants—Death of Frolic—A dis¬ 
appointing day—Construct a canoe—Difficult navigation—Crossing the pack- 
animals—A serviceable call—A disagreeable route—Interior of a crater—Nearing 
the Lorogi Mountains—My old camp at El Bogoi . . . Pages 138-166 
CHAPTER VIII 
EXCURSIONS FROM EL BOGOI 
Comfortable quarters—Among old Ndorobo friends—A favourite elephant haunt— 
Bag a giraffe—Lost in the bush—A deceitful guide—A grateful recompense— 
Native jealousy—Travelling elephants—A pair of lovers—Camp by the Seya 
River—The Mathews range—Kill five elephants—A malarious climate—Up the 
Barasaloi River—A marvellous sight—Abundance of elephants—An exciting 
hunt—A narrow escape—A good day’s work ..... 167-191 
CHAPTER IX 
EXCURSIONS FROM EL BOGOI ( continued ) 
A well-earned rest—-An Ndorobo harvest—Keen faculty of natives—A cool retreat 
—A large rhino—Fourteen elephants in a day’s hunt—Distinctive character of 
tusks—Trek with ivory to El Bogoi — Resemblance to Robinson Crusoe — 
Experience as donkey-driver—An unexpected stroke of luck—Overloaded with 
ivory—Stalking Gazelle—A fictitious report—A handsome pair of tusks—-A 
picturesque group—Welcome at El Bogoi ...... 192-212 
CHAPTER X 
EXCURSIONS FROM el bogoi ( continued) 
A native duel—An offended guide—Camp by Mreya spring—Signs of elephants—A 
wrong action—Dearth of water—Deemed a benefactor—Lions disturbed—A 
chance lost—Spot for a mission station—-Replenishing the larder—Back to El 
Bogoi—A faithful headman—A remorse of conscience—A great disappointment 
—An Ndorobo camp—News of an elephant preserve—Starvation times—Man- 
eating lions ............ 213-233 
