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escaped through an irrational care for their precious 
black skins. For a mob of noisy beaters there was no 
danger whatever. 
The nomad Masai were moving towards the lake, and 
this evening (August 5) we saw in many directions the 
goliath heron— Biggest of his tribe. 
smoke of grass-fires where they were burning-off the 
dead herbage. We next morning walked down together 
to examine the marvellous bird-life that swarms around 
the shores of Lake Nakuru. Never have I seen greater 
aggregations or such variety of w r ater-fowl. These be¬ 
longed to forms and genera all familiar, yet specifically 
almost every bird was an entire stranger to me. The 
