rifle red dust. At night we slept under blankets of our own 
providing, the railway furnishing no bedding whatsoever. 
Saw our first game this afternoon—a cheetah, a harte- 
beeste, and ten giraffe;—all quite close to track. 
Rose early. One side of the track is a Government pre¬ 
serve. Saw large giraffe, and hundreds of kongoni and Thom- March 7th 
son’s gazelles (“Tommies”), several ostriches, maribou storks, 
wildebeeste and Grant’s ga¬ 
zelle. Country largely roll¬ 
ing and much the same as 
seen in Kansas, Nebraska 
and others of our Western 
prairie states; excepting at 
the K a p i t i Plains, which 
were absolutely flat. 
Reached Nairobi, three 
hundred and twenty-two 
miles from Mombassa, at 
eleven thirty; town-site lies 
5,500 feet above sea-level. 
Newland, of Newland & 
Tarlton, met us, and we kept 
busy: tried ponies, over¬ 
hauled kits, shopped, and 
did everything necessary to 
facilitate our going on trek 
next day. 
Put up at Norfolk Hotel, 
a hostelry known to sports¬ 
men all over the world and 
very excellently conducted. 
We were ready to start 
at 3.30 P. M. The caravan,—or safari, as they say in British 
East Africa,—started ahead; with the donkeys. We followed March 8th 
in the course of an hour on our new mounts, three gray shoot¬ 
ing-ponies, which had been given a thorough try-out and 
seemed rather good. Penton and Buxton escorted us to our 
first camp, about three miles from Nairobi. 
The camp consisted of two double tents, a single tent for 
combination dining- and store-room, and a large tent for night 
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