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Dead Sea. On the grassy Poor of the valley we could dis¬ 
tinguish, with the aid of the field glass, a herd of zebra, 
Thomson’s gazelles, and several ostriches. With great 
reluctance we turned our backs on this fantastic vision 
Giant Groundsel, Senecio Johnstoni, from Kenia. It attains 
a height of sixteen feet; the stem usually branches twice 
or thrice, and is surmounted by a flower-spike three feet 
high. The flowers are orange-coloured. 
and descended the slopes on that side of Menengai 
nearest Lake Nakuru. On the way down the mountain 
we saw Lake Elmenteita glistening in the sun like a 
sheet of burnished silver. The hunter hurried us along 
