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great mountain under varying conditions. One phenomenon 
puzzled me. I have often noticed Kenia quite clear, while the 
much lower neighbouring range of Jambeni would be capped 
with cloud. 
The entry in my diary, under date 25 th December 1894, is 
as follows :—“ I don’t feel quite sure that this is really Christmas 
Day, though Kolb is confident his dates are right (there had 
Summit of Mount Kenia. 
(From a Photograph by Dr. Kolb.) 
been a difference in our reckonings). However, we kept it. I 
made a ‘duff’ of the dark-coloured meal of the country, suet, 
and raisins, and it turned out better than I expected. The 
roast beef (a baron of veal) was first-rate. In the afternoon I 
set a gun for the ‘ fisi ’ (hyenas), which had made last night 
hideous with their bad language over the skull of Kolb’s rhino. 
This gave us a little occupation, and considerable amusement 
in the evening, when it went off in the middle of a useful 
