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day I killed the old cow at Mreya. The tusks, which he 
loyally gave up to me quite cheerfully, were small. I would 
not have shot it if I had known ; but it was a snap-shot in the 
bush, and the only one I got a chance at. This one made up 
my total so far for this trip to twenty-five. He said his 
messengers had found lots of spoor in the “ subugo,” but he 
thought there were also some elephants in the gorge of the 
El Bogoi, just under the mountains, and promised to come in 
the morning to hunt with me. Our search there was fruitless. 
We followed up the El Bogoi, carefully examining its banks 
all the way, to the head of the ravine, but not a spoor could 
we see. This proved there could be no elephants in the 
neighbourhood of the stream. We accordingly came back to 
camp early. 
In the afternoon I was visited by quite a crowd of Ndorobos, 
composed of Lesiat’s people and some of a clan living farther 
along the mountains at their highest part (which is that properly 
called Lorogi, though the name is often used to denote the 
whole range). These latter were, with their headman—a nice 
old gentleman—on a visit to Lesiat’s tribe, with whom they 
were friendly. I was glad to make their acquaintance, as I 
hoped some day to hunt in their district. I had an interesting 
chat with the old man, who had brought me a little honey, and 
gave him a present. He described their part of the country as 
a renowned elephant preserve, and said truly, as I knew from 
what I had heard elsewhere, that it had always been celebrated 
as such. After these interviews Lesiat’s young bloods danced 
for me. Their dances are similar to those of the Masai, con¬ 
sisting mainly of jumping up and down accompanied by singing. 
The music is, of course, of a barbaric and primitive kind, but 
rather tuneful. I was very sorry I had no meat to give my 
visitors ; but, as a matter of fact, I had not a scrap for myself 
or I would have shared it with them, as they knew well. 
Indeed I was having rather starvation times just then, and felt 
a bit stale, as the result of constant hard exercise with little that 
