CHAPTER XVIII 
EL BOGOI TO MOMBASA 
A mountain excursion—A troublesome lion—My gun-bearer’s tragic end—Three¬ 
horned giraffe—Grevy’s zebra—Varieties of oryx—Suggestion for British 
Museum—Equatorial elephants : their size, tusks, and peculiarity—Dimensions 
of rhinoceros and zebra—Ndorobo conception of the Deity—A native’s expecta¬ 
tion—Description of country—Parting with Ndorobos—Skittish pack-animals— 
A compulsory action—Ikutha—Wakamba raiders—Wasanya hunting weapons 
—A long march—Entering Mombasa—A picturesque procession—Payment of 
carriers—Valedictory retrospect. 
I HAVE not much more that can interest to relate of this 
journey. My hand had gradually healed ; so that, though the 
fingers were still stiff and interfered somewhat with my 
command of the trigger, I could shoot once more, if not quite 
up to my previous form. The return of the mail men made it 
possible, now that the lions were disposed of, for me to make 
another excursion, to fill up the interval before the return of 
the caravan from Ukambani should allow of our making a final 
start for the coast. The second visit which I now made to the 
western side of the Lorogis, the main purpose of which was to 
procure some specimens, with the chance also of obtaining a 
little more ivory, was even more fruitless than the former one, 
and need not be further alluded to were it not for a calamity 
which overtook us there, in the loss of my gun-bearer Squareface. 
Baithai, with another Ndorobo, accompanied me. He unfor¬ 
tunately took us somewhat out of our way on the second 
morning, after sleeping in the mountain forest on the summit 
