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EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME. 
Caga people who had been stealing the salt, to be found 
in great quantities, in their territory. II-had been 
to witness their reception in the early part of the 
evening, and described how a bullock was led into the 
midst of the throng, followed by a Taveta elder, who 
took a mouthful of milk and spat over it; the chief of 
the Kahe people then did the same, after which another 
Taveta man half-killed the animal by a cut about six 
inches behind the head, and gashed it about the 
neck ; then, after tying up the main arteries, the elders 
and Kahe people proceeded to suck the blood while 
the poor beast was still alive. He was so disgusted 
with this sight that he came away and did not witness 
the conclusion of the ceremony. 
The following day was most eventful and lucky. 
Early in the morning a native brought in my field- 
glasses, which I had lost in the jungle the night before, 
and later on Chandi and the other men came in with 
the recovered boots. The former reported they had met 
lots of Masai on the road, but had kept out of their 
way. In the afternoon a man came in to report that 
13- had killed a rhinoceros, which must have been 
a very tough beast, as he required twenty shots before 
giving in. 
H- and I stayed only two more days after this 
at Taveta. Our house making good progress and 
things getting ship-shape, we decided to encamp with 
thirty men at big Lanjora for a few days, and then 
to revisit Taveta before paying our respects to Mandara, 
chief of Moei, a Clmga tribe inhabiting the southern 
