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IN AFRICA 
machine. Mr. Stephenson had a 3A Kodak, I had 
the same and also a Verascope stereoscopic camera. 
We used films and plates and found no deteriora¬ 
tion in them even after several months in the field. 
Films and camera supplies may be purchased in 
Nairobi; and also the developing and printing may 
be done most satisfactorily in the town. 
Fevers and Sickness 
It is my belief that the dangers of this sort are 
magnified in the imaginations of those who con¬ 
template a trip to East Africa. Very little of the 
hunting is done in jungles—in fact there are few 
jungles except on the slopes of the mountains and 
along the course of streams. Our safari went into 
the Athi Plains, along the Athi River down the 
Tana River, up on Mount Kenia and later on the 
Guas Ngishu Plateau, along the Nzoia River, and 
up Mount Elgon. Coming out of this district, we 
passed through the Rift Valley and part of out 
safari went up to Lake Hannington. So, from per¬ 
sonal experience, I can speak with knowledge of 
only these sections. Along the Tana we were in 
fever country, the altitude being only about thirty- 
five hundred feet. And yet only two of our party 
had touches of fever, so light that they readily 
yielded to quinine. This was tick country, and we 
had been led to believe that we should be fearfully 
pestered with these insects. But there was almost 
no annoyance from them, due, perhaps, to a good 
deal of care in keeping them out of our clothes. 
