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(162) and made camp at the base of the mountain where we camped previously. I 
was surprised to find that this camp was 9100 feet high. The vegetation 
about it is largely hypericum. “he bariboo sone extends down to about 9300 
feet which is about as low as it aomen here. Saw a few patches of Alchen- 
i{llia at about 9806 feet. “here seens to be no dwarfing in tree vere- 
tation here, the onlynthing noticable at the upper edge of the range of 
trees like juniper, podocarpis anc miso is a thining ent in numbers. Shot 
three of the mountain francolino ness the summit. Sav many puck tracks 
on the abandoned wagon grade near camp. These were (163) chiefly duiker 
Some were large tracks size of a kongoni or waterbuok end may be those of 
bongo. 18: Gamped at the base of the range in the same prove where we 
camped on the way over. Set a number of traps about the logs. Caught 
2 Dendromys, 2 Mus miminug, 4 Otomys, 1 Areicanthus pimilio, 4 Lophurorys, 
and two Tachyoryetes. The Otoryrs, Lophuronys and Tachyoryetes seen to be 
the same speoies as on the moorland. if this large Tachvoryetes is the 
same as the sipine one on Kenia it 16 continuous here on the western slope 
with the rift valley one, the burrovs being abundant 812 along the road 
to Naivasha. Saw a good many duiker, bushbuck and waterbuck tracks ahove 
camp on the old wagon grade. On my (164) way over the Naivasha Plaine I 
saw several bunch of kongoni at & distance, many zebra and & few pasellese 
Sav a pair of variegated jackals on the road, one of which I shot. Made 
camp at the base of the escarpment where we had camped before. Lr. Ayre 
was camped there still. He gave me & buneh of skulle and # skin and skull 
of a Lophtemys which he had anared in the rocks on Hyrax runways on the 
oliffe. Vhile I was sitting in his tent & 2 bushbuck and & half grown 
unspotted young came out of the brurh and fed shout on the hillside. Ye 
finally went up after them mt they diseppeared before we started and we 
sew them no more. Both tree and rock Hyxax occur about Ayre's carpe 
Ayre took us to some of the trees which produce the (165) yellow fruity 
sive of a cherry which f had seen saetsered about the road on the moorland. 
hese are cuite tart and many seeds. Holleoted a branche 19: Lett ayerés 
camp at 8.30 and arrived in faiyasha at LL A.M. Saw only & secretary bird 
along the way. Took 8 fer photos of the atetion and Lake on the first 
escarpment east of the lke. Olives and junipers are the predominant trees. 
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(165) about the Naivasha Plains escarpment and from there to the lake. ‘The 
barometer repistered 7000 fect.at Haivasha. Ayre told me that someone at 
Gi1-Gil had recently caught three cavacals there. “This is the only cap- 
ture of thie species reported Gor the country. He has been success ful 
in catching both tree and rock hyrax with snares arranged so as $0 catch 
them by the feet, Snares set 80 as to catch them around (166) the neck 
usually frighten them. He has been able to keep them alive but only for 
a few weeks, by feeding them on the foliage which they normally feed one 
25: Left Nairobi at 3.30. Haticed on the hills a few miles out quite a 
nunber of Srvthrina trees in blossom like those seen &f Hem, sary also 
some of the heavy leaved trees, domieanaiens with fruit, first seen at 
¥itanga. Arrived at Naivasha at 10 and stopped for dinner. 26: Daylight 
at @iburgon. Passed over the Nan avmmit at 7, Only game seen Was one 
herd of konfoni on the summit. Soon after leaving the summit we passed 
through flat topped acacias, their upper limit, also Oleo chrysophyllia, 
Donbeyas, Cedar, etc. Arrived in Landiani at 8 A.M. Left Londiana with 
the safari at 2 P.H. and wens out (167) about 6 miles on the Ravine road 
end camped near a small stream. lear the camp I saw a herd of 12 jackson 
Hartebeest and tro Topi. Country rolling and grassy prairie and thick 
forest. 27: Geught two Otonys and two Kus, the latter in marsh, also one 
partly eaten legeada. Saw a hohor near the traps. Left early at 7.350 
and made Ravine Boma at 1.2.M. and struck caripe Country rolling hills, 
chiefly forest with narrow intersections of grass land. ‘*orest above edges 
chiefly junipers and podocarpus pracilor with olive and the Sucalyptus 
(alove) flowered tree. A few camphor bushes seen and the Acacia albida 
very abundant below the boma. Sav nongame or large birds. ‘The white 
bellied red-tail Hawk seen occasivanliys 28: Caught two Otomys and one 
Hus peromysous in the forest. ‘av no pane on the way to the Roan wien 
Made camp at 1 P.M. on @ hill at 6800 feat. Barometer iicuiaeie 
the elevation given on the mp at Ravine, nanely, 7000 feet. Host of the 
way was through forest of juniper, fenton Olive and the eucalyptus 
flowered tree which was very abundant, Huch of the forest supported 
Acanthus thickets. Wear the Roan camp we passed through two petches of 
bamboo in which were many of the blue violets and the blue Scrophulariaceae 

