150 
ON SAFARI 
pay. Hence, presumably, some small balance stood to 
my credit. But I did not apply to the executors. 
On February 17, we struck camp and set out on the 
long march to Laikipia, a Masai guide having been sent 
by the kindness of Mr. Hobley. But that expedition 
was not destined to be accomplished. We ran into a 
period of tropical thunderstorms. Intense sun-heat all 
the morning (temperature 98 degrees in our tents) would 
be followed by a thunder-burst, with diluvial rains and a 
sudden fall of 20 degrees within an hour. This brought 
on an attack of my old enemy—fever, followed by 
dysentery. There was no alternative but to abandon 
the venture and fall back upon the railway. 
sternum of ostrich. 
Showing entire absence of a keel. 
