October, 1909. mh im 
(157) of the river as thorn scrub with & heavy forest slong the river banks. 
(158) Harvey's duiker is common in the forest. {158) On the north bank are 
Hunter's Antelope, Topi, Beisa Oryx, Abyssinian buffalo and very large 
elephants. On the south bank the fringed-ear Oryx if found, the cape 
buffalo and small elephants. “here is probably a great difference in the 
small mammal fauna on opposite sides of the river. “he vegetation is 
the same on both sides. Hippo are rare and have almost been exterminated 
by Pokono who eat their flesh. Hr. Ayre shot an elephant with immense 
tusks 10 feet long, weiephing 12h and 130 pounds respectively. One of: the 
tusks scraped the ground as the elephant walked end its lower side is mich 
worne “hen seen this old d was resting his tusks in a emall tree. Rhino 
are quite rare on the “ane. Hogrars Oribi ascends the river 100 miles 
but is mach commoner at the mouth. Hunter's Antelope is very r&re, only a 
@ few herd were seen. 
October, 1909. 
(159) 15: Left Nyeri at 10 A.M. with 120 men, 80 of which were Kikuyu. CGamped 
about 4 miles above the Hikinangorra on the edge of & small swamp at an 
elevation of 9200 feet. The country here is practically all bamboo. The 
podocarpus are found about a quarter mile apart. Sav no mammals on the 
way up. he bamboo bersan at about 7500, well below kikinangorra. The 
common serub along the route in the podocarpua forest was a burr fruited 
sort with white apple-like blossoma. in the bamboo the under growth is 
almost exclusively the red balsam. On the lower edge of the forest I met 
some kiluyu peeling the bark from the shoots of the yellow triumfetta which 
they braid into rope. “he swamp where we are camped is chiefly large 
bushes heavily (160) covered with white Helichrmrsum?. In places the purplle 
thistle like compositae is common. At one edge of the swamp are many heath 
bushes about 5 feet high. “he lares leaved Haracana trees were just blossom- 
ing, they apparently grow as high as 8000 feet. The rubus was also in fruit. 
It is a real red berry-like affair of small sise. 16: The traps I set 
in the Helichrysum near camp caught only one Lophuromys which was partly 
eaten, probably by a giant sheers Some rodents which cuts the Helichry- 
sums deposit them in bundles. Left camp at 7 A.M. At the small bridge 
where Jackeon apparently campel at 9900 feet, { sav the first Alchemi11ia 
and Hypericum. “he meadow here was filled with the peculiar filigree 
atemmed thistles and the white Nelichrysums. Higher at the eastern summit 
at 10,300 feet a willow leaved Alchémiliia grew in masses like the true 
Alohemiliia, Samburus were comaci: everywhere from the Kikinengorra to the 
moorland country. Rumex abundant at 9500-10,000 feet. Hade camp on the 
western edge of the moorland near the river in a grove of giant heather, 
hyperioum and sage compositae. The hypericum grows here to 8-10 inches in 
Aaiameter as does also the sage. Harr of the walnut trees were seen here 
also. Flushed two Abyssinian Duikers near the bemboo house in the center 
of the moorland. Altitude of this oarm 10,500 feat. 17: ‘The traps set 
about camp caught a good series of marmals. There were 2 Oemomys ,hypozanthus, 
4 Otomys, one light Mus peromyseusy 6 LO huromys, 6 Crocidura, medium size, 
and one Tachyoryotes which ia about the sise and color of those from the 
bamboo zone of Kenia. Went out (162) in the night in a mist shining but 
sant only one duiker in about 6 miles walk along the road, Got away early 

