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THE KILIMA-NJAR 0 EXPEDITION 
monarch, and I was compelled to defer the completion 
of my work to other opportunities. Meanwhile, I 
extended my walks, gun in hand, and a collecting 
portfolio on my hack, in all directions, but my first 
favourite stroll was up the valley of our little stream. 
Following the tiny path which ran parallel with our 
Fig. 35.—“Kitimbiriu” (our First Settlement on Kilima-njaro). 
irrigating channel, I came to the place where the latter 
branched oif from the parent stream. Here, at will, 
a passing native could cut off our water-supply by 
laying a packet of grass and mud athwart the little 
channel, and, therefore, bearing this in mind, and 
regarding also the fertility and beauty of the rich 
valley (full of the alluvial soil washed down from the 
