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of the building. The roofs and trees were filled 
with natives and the broad open space beyond the 
station was fringed with pony carts, bullock carts, 
rickshaws, cameras, and some hotel ’buses. Several 
thousand people, mostly East Indians and natives, 
were among those present. Lord Delamere, who 
has adopted East Africa as his home, and who owns 
In the Back Yard of Nairobi 
a hundred thousand acres or so of game preserves, 
read an address of welcome, and Sir Percy, in white 
uniform and helmet, responded with a speech that 
struck a popular note. There were dozens of cam¬ 
eras snapping and the whole effect was distinctly 
festive in appearance. 
The town lies on the edge of the Athi Plains, a 
broad sweep of sun-bleached grass veldt many 
