XIV . ON SAFARI 169 
exertion in the fresli air the food is eaten with fun and 
often with relish. 
In due course a survey is made of the camp to see 
that the fires are blazing brightly and that there is a 
sufficient supply of wood : the askari comes on duty 
armed with his rifle : the openings of the tents are 
fastened, and, tired with the day’s exertions, all sleep 
soundly in spite of the screeching of hysenas, the 
occasional grunting of a hungry lion, or the regular 
snoring of a companion deep in sleep in an adjacent 
tent. 
We had some interesting days whilst on safari, and in 
order to give the reader some idea how the time was 
spent a typical day will be described. For the first few 
days everything seemed wild and strange, but we did our 
best to be contented with the new situation. We 
started at Molo with the hope of obtaining a buffalo 
and then moved down to Njaro and finally reached Lake 
Nakuru. 
As soon as the sun began to “decorate the morning 
sky,” which is the picturesque Masai phrase for the 
dawn, the tents were opened, and we bathed, shaved, 
dressed, and had breakfast. One evening we were obliged 
to camp at a place where there was no water : when my 
servant awoke me in the morning, he informed me that 
the getting up would be a very simple affair, for there 
would be no bathing, washing, or shaving. 
As soon as breakfast was over, we mounted our mules 
and went off with the hunter, tracker, gunbearer, and 
boys. We had rifles, shot guns, and field glasses. Our 
most delightful hunting ground was the neighbourhood 
of Lake Nakuru. We made our way carefully through 
long grass to the north-west corner of the lake and 
descended the steep and precipitous rocks which exist 
on this side to the lake shore. Among these rocks 
we found the graceful Feed-buck and succeeded in 
obtaining some excellent specimens. On reaching the 
edge of the water we made our way to the northern 
