A MASAI CAMPING GROUND. 
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fire came down rapidly in our direction, and necessi¬ 
tated a general stampede; it afterwards spread for 
several miles in a south-west direction. By way of 
punishing the delinquents we made them carry the 
three tents during the rest of the march. 
We arrived at Lanjora at 1.15 p.m., 45 miles from 
Matate, and 219 from Mombasa; here there is a big 
hole or reservoir in the rocky bed of a dried water¬ 
course, and the water it contains is fair and plentiful 
except in the driest season. Although pretty well 
tired, we were all eager to be after the game which 
abounds in these parts, so we started out for a stroll 
in different directions, but H- was the only one 
lucky enough to bring home anything, and he bagged 
two hartebeest. I saw zebra, Kongoni (hartebeest), 
and Granti, and wounded one of the latter, but did 
not get him, as the bush was rather thick; H- 
only saw a few ostriches. All the game was very 
wild, and the ground, except where there was bush, 
unsuitable for stalking. 
To-day being Christmas we had two bottles of cham¬ 
pagne, and gave the servants and headmen a “ tot ” of 
whisky. We w 7 ere informed by Martin when he came 
up, that we had encamped at the wrong place, this 
being little Lanjora, and a regular camping ground of 
the Masai, whose war parties always stop here on their 
way to the coast, and who also bring their cattle down 
to feed when the grass is green ; but as the other or big 
Lanjora was situated about three miles farther on, and 
as there was only a slight chance of any Masai turning 
