Ootober, 1969. fhe 
October, 1909, ~A3— 
(155) camp at 7 A.M. Pound the sane herd of Jackson Harbebeest in aboutthe sam 
(147) commonest rocks was @ fine grained bluish rock like basolt. The runways _— 
of Otomys were seen as high an the ridge in the bunch grass. J.A.L. and 
the Dr. saw them even higher, at the upper lake {margin}. The lsege rook 
hyrax began about the Rocking Stone at 12,000 feet and continued to the 
snow. At the upper lake therevwere the nawed basal leaves {146} of Lobelia 
due to thés animal, apparently. “heir shrill was often heard in the dayn 
time but seldom at night. However, the Dr. and J.A.L. heard them much at 
night, their ery then being identical? to thet of the tree hyrax at lower 
levels. [Page 146 should come in here, having written it ahead of tts 
proper place]. (152) October 10: Le?t the Dr's camp at 7.350 with the 25 
Kikuyu. After descending a few hundred fect the bamboo disappeared and 
the forest was chiefly Podocarpus and a very few juniper trees. Photo- 
graphed & very large juniper, ebont 8 feet in diameter at 8500 feet. 
They extend up to about 8460 feet, but are not ssen in the bamboo any- 
where. The elevation of the creek at the beginning of the forest was 8000 
feet. Rere the forest is more mixed althongh Podoearpus predominates, 
juniper second, a fav figs and olives. “he forest station which is out 
on a bare hill is 8100 fort, a little higher than the foot of the forest. 
I gaw a pair of secretary birds in the meadow near the station. Hade a 
cut over the hills to the Meru Reid a4 the Enjoro Rivay. On the tay down, 
two miles below the station I sar 4 herd of le eland near the sumalt of a 
small hill. Attempted to (155) stalk these but they bolted when wervere 
still a mile away. in the same region found many buffalo trails, some 
with fresh dung on them. Rhino trail also common. An o14 % with a toto 
threatened the porters near the end of the trip after 1 and several porters 
had passed them & long way and were ont of sight. The Kikuyu made @ loud 
noise and threatened the brute vith their sticks and she finsily boited 
aways Saw a steinbuck near the “njoro and a herd of 18 kongoni. These 
later I tried to circle in the open but could not get closer to them 
than 600 yards. “wo of the herd were small totos, about one month old. 
Arrived at the enjoro at 3.30. Altitude of camp 7000 feet. Went out last 
night shining vith the Dre on the trail through the forest but saw nothing. 
Did not flush any buck or ofrnivore. “The tree hyrax were heard everywhere 
(155) shrieking but we could not shine them. (155) 11: Got away from the Mnjoro 

place as yesterday. They were just as wary and I did not get closer than 
600 yards. “arther on ! saw a few pairs of Mhomsoni and one herd of 20 
zobra but did not get near enongh to ahnot any. Oarmed at the willi at 
the old camp. Ameroid registered 7250 to 7200 feet for this camp. The 
trees along the W111i are chiefly Podocarpus gracilor, Yugenia cordata and 
the puff-ball tree along the stream rargin. ‘Marther back the forest is 
Juniper, Olea chrysophylla and Aosocanthera and Carissa brush, phe Pesbneeia 
candelabra. (Collected along the stream a small spidery heather which 
grows 3 feet high. Sew a Hypericum which resembles the alpine Species, 
but the leaves are broad and three tines the aise of the other, Collected 
som of the purple compositae which was seen at 10,200 feet on Kenia. 
It is also common at MNyeri and I believe slso at Haivasha and the Sotik. 
Ite altitude range is greater than that of any other Dicotyledon. 12: Left 
the Willi early. ‘Saw a single kongoni about two miles from the camp but 
could not get within 600 yards of it. Saw three herds of zebra but they 
stampeded at 500-600 yards. Near the Masai Manyate saw several herds of 
Thomsoni gazelle and one Jackal. ‘Stopned at the Omboni for # short time. 
A @rass fire was raging northward and crossed the road near us tt no 
buck or Garnivores could be seen fleeing before it. In passing through the 
Olive forest I came upon & herd of Cercopithecys. “hese were associated 
with the large black and white hornhille as were the others I saw ih the same 
forest on my way ont a week previous. Apparently there is some sort of 
association here between these birds and monkeys. Reached lyeri at 5 Psi. 
About the Omboni the (157) Acocanthera efulin form scattered groves on the 
hills and edge of the stream forest. “he large trees were not in blossom 
or frait bus in the olive forernt the bush-like trees were white with 
sweet scented blossom and many were purple with ripe fmit. The Kikuyu 
do not care for these blorsoms but they eat the greenish red berries of 
the Carissa which have milky juice and are very acid. 15: Mr. Ayre of 
the K.A.R’s care in from Naivasha on his way to Mareihit where he will be 
sbationed. He has recently been on the “ana River from the mouth far up 
nearly to Kenia, Here he has fought Somali cattle herders on the north 
bank. He describes the country about 150-200 miles from the mouth of the 

