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Two Turkana warriors whose home was farther north than our routei, near the southern end of Lake Rudolf. 
They ornament their hair with ostrich feathers. In a hole pierced through the underlip many braves insert a 
piece of porcupine quill, and most warriors wear a band of dried hide about the upper arm. 
has eliminated all the drudgery and shortened 
a former two months’ caravan journey from the 
coast at Mombasa to Lake Victoria to less than 
two days. The time thus gained makes quite 
easy problems which before seemed well nigh 
impossible. Throngs of settlers have poured 
in near this main artery and few fastnesses 
remain undisturbed. Agriculture and general 
husbandry struggle on, but no great mineral 
wealth has given to it the impulse of an in¬ 
dustrial strife. Such conditions were not con¬ 
ducive to increasing those particular treasures 
if nature which flourish best when left alone. 
In the last few years this paradise of big game 
has come under the spell of the every day 
traveler. 
Not everywhere, however, is travel the shal¬ 
low amusement where high-power rifles, motor 
cars, and other comforts play the most impor¬ 
tant role. 
To explore the more distant country border¬ 
ing the southern end of Lake Rudolf were our 
original plans. Mr. Auguste Mahieu, whom I 
had the pleasure to accompany, had really set 
his heart upon seeing those regions. But the 
plundering Somalis and Turkana had given con¬ 
siderable trouble there lately, causing us to 
change our route and abandon that part of the 
project. The government, face to face with the 
problem of rapidly bringing to justice these 
semi-nomadic cattle raiders, plays absolutely safe 
in refusing to permit outsiders to enter such ter¬ 
ritories. Fortunately our equipment allowed us 
to tackle the cooler altitudes of Mt. Elgon as 
well as enter the desert wastes of the Suk coun¬ 
try to the northeast, in the upper reaches of 
the Turkwel and Kerio Rivers. 
Far off the beaten track to the nortli of Lake 
Victoria Nyanza rises to glorious heights the 
blue masses of Mt. Elgon, which will long re¬ 
main a refuge and sanctuary of its own. Neither 
railroad nor motor scale its lofty foothills nor 
is there other comfort than the soft breezes 
wafted from the summit. The refreshing view 
ever grows in beauty as one continually reaches 
higher levels. Game seems to roam there for 
sheer enjoyment, though unable to satisfy fully 
the gregarious instincts that the plains foster. 
The impressive quiet of the unknown prevails 
unbroken right up to the exquisite line of lux¬ 
uriant alpine flora topping an equatorial mount- 
