Ootober, 1909. 
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as in the Aberdares and Kenia. The country abont the roan camp is chiefly 
grass land intersected with deep heavily wooded ravines tn which the for~ 
est is surrounded by dense thickets of bamboo. Saw three roan at abouts 3 
miles from camp and attempted to goth near them in the ravine but the 
ravines were so deep and heayils wooded that the time was too short to 
(169) allow us to get to them. (169) 29: Went ons with 7. R,, E.R. and Tarlton 
for Roan. “e had Katuptup a Ndoroba enide with us. He located e herd of 
about 20 in @ ravine feeding. 2. and "arlton stalked then but they 
bolted and none were seoured by 7h, hy his running shots, Later we started 
them again in the open when they boited into the forest and through the 
bamboos where some of the boys trailed then. “hey eventually came out in 
about an hour. K.R. shot and ad. 2 and a young % in the afternoon and 7.2, 
shot a young 7 defassa froma bunch cf 3 which he stalked for roan. ‘hile 
Wwe were eating lunch a well horned 4 bnehbuck walked Slowly through the 
mixed brush on the hillside opposite. 20: Went out with 7.2. ana Je. 
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to the same country where the roan were seen yesterday. “e sar only 3 
kongoni. (170) On one of the hilltops I noticed a elump of giant heather and 
some of the purple compnsitae so comron at timber lines of Kenia. K.2R. 
shot a 7 roan, an old solitary bull, the only one he saw, 31: Left the 
roan camp at 7.30 in a heavy lps, Sew a & bushbuck and young near the 
Junction of the Londiana road. Later 7.2. ahot @ & Grimnits Dulker. 
Made camp at 5 P.H., after mirch of about 25 miles, in a large ravine on 
the edge of open grassy plateau. Altitude of the camp 7600 feet. lat 
topped acacias and juniper the common trees. Sefore reaching camp saw 
about 8 herds of 10-15 kongoni in the grassy flats. The highest surmits 
passed over today were 9000 feet and usually open bald hills. “he only 
large birds seen were a single seocretasy and 3 ground hornbills and several 
large slaty pigears. (171) E.R. saw two ateinbuck. but no one else have 
seen them at this high altitude in the country is not anitteable. Caught in 
the forest last night one immature Mus peromyscus and one adult ius like a 
small peromysous but in fulrous pelage. “he large pills of a rabbit were 
seen everywhere sbont the roan cramp and in the road but none were flushed 
in our extensive rides for rane. 
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November, 1909. Abe 
ovidiey 1: Ses no trans last night on account of the late arrival, 
Soon after leaving camp at 6 A.M. 7.2. shot two ¢ Jackson Hartebeest from 
a herd of a dozen. “Tho larger one weighed 470 and the other 395. Saw 
many other herds of from six to riety individuals. On the open grassy 
plains. | saw one herd of three Oribi which were Joined by two others. 
%.8. shot ad, 7.R. sav many but seourad nonee Along the road | saw many 
bared spots in which were piles of their pills. “hey seem to have the same 
habit of fixed a@unning places (172) as the Aik-d@ik, Saw four gebra at a 
distance of & mile; these were the onlynones seen. “lat-topped acacias 
and junipers and eray olive slong the strearis. in the grass the red 
spheres of the thictle leaved herb seen at Havine appeared again at 7400 
foet. Made aamp at 3 P.M. on @ small stream running toward the lake along 
which grew a few trees. Altitude 7400 feet. Trees along stream chiefly 
Engenia which were in flower. A few Acacia, yellow edible Kikuyu fru ited 
tree and purple disk compositae buch common and some Carrisa buaher. 2: 
Stopped a day at the store camp. Went out early with all the misumgas. 
“.R, shot a ° Oribi near camp. Goon after we pnraued what looked like 
Lions at 2 miles but never saw any again. 7.% shot a ¥ and young 9 Ori bi. 
Saw meny Jackson's kongoni end several bohor in the manntime. At noon we 
ate lunch at the stream and exanined en o1é tion den in the thorn trees. 
Saw a 3 bushbuck on edge of the treen in heavy srass but it went away 
kopje near the stream 
before 7.R. and party returned. We examined a small 
from which we could see A large Amount of country. WO large herds of 
kongoni of about 40 animals wach rere in sight, with which were mixed about 
20 sebra. A single % defessa wen on the plain. On the way up we seen A 
rabbit, the only one seen so far and this one seemed much darker and smaller 
then the Athi Plsins form&. serena Oribi and bohor were flushed in the 
long grass and 7.2, shot a fp of the latter. Most of the Oribi seen were 
in pairs or parties of three while she bohornare more solitary. (174) Saw 
many mounds of Tachvoryotes and many large holes Like those of ard vark or 
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some burrowing carnivore. 3: Left the camp at 7 A.H. Shot pigeons, 
GC. artiquix, which flew in small flocks up the river course. ‘The country 
between this river and the Sirgoit Lake is open plains without any trees 
along the streams which are shallow marshes. Only grass was seen in the 

