October, 1909. ~41- 
(140) then paralleled the Meru Road. Saw two pair of steinbuek and one single 
{141} one near the hill. Sar a small herd of zebra at the hill also. Yarther 
on near the illi we sav two larg. hemia of nebra. After crossing the 
villi 1 saw a single kongoni lying down n& 600 yards. 1 approached it 
under cover of a bush but got only a 200 yard shot and apparently missed 
it. Made camp on 4 small stream about 2 hours beyond the Willi. Saw 
quite a lot of “arconanthus and Dodansea mixed with the juniper, On the 
amall stream runing north of Sungarvi I saw a Grime's Duiker but could 
not get a shot at it. 6: Left oar eswly and made forest station at 
8.30. “ent up the mountfin to Dr's canp with Lidford from the station. 
Forest at base made us largely of Podocarpus, jiminera and &n o#k-like 
tree. At sbout 8000 feet the bambon became numerous and continued up 
to the Dr’s camp at 10,000 feet. With the bamboo only the Podocarpus 
was seen and only seattered individunis then. (142) Saw tracks of harvey 
Duiker and leopard in the trail ali the way up. “wo herd of olobus 
were heard in the bamboos. Arrived at the Dr's at 1 PLE. 
Dr's camp at 8 A.M. with the Kikuyu porters and the Dr. ascended to his 
old canp at 10,700 feet. “hie was @ little above the bamboo which stopped 
at about 10400 feet, ‘‘opether with the Podooarpus. At this camp the 
giant hither (Srica) begen and at ance formed the predominant vegetation 
up to 15,006 fret. Hear also the walnut leared shumec funieed tree was 
geen growing from the upper edge of the bamboo to from 10400 to 10700 feet: 
this tree was seen on the Heru Road from 8800 to 9500 feet. Between this 
camp and the lower one at 10,000 sav Sambucus, Ruriex, "halictrum, Alche- 
villia. Were at 10,7000 the Hypericum (2143) reaches it greatest frowth, 
foraing brakes and small trees 15 feos high and 4-b- inches in diameter 
of stems. KMere also 4 gray leaved compositae bush, sane &s the one on the 
Meru road at 9500 forned a belt from 10,400 to 10,700 feet. At the 
rocking stone camp, the porter's mpper camp at 12,100 feet we were in 
solid heather belt. Wear the rocks & few of the large Senecia kemiensis 
grew near the rooks which was their lower limit. About the rocks a smaller 
leaved tree Senecio grew but was seen nowhere elise. Here a few Hypericum 
were seen at their upre> limit. “he rocks at this place were ageldamerates, 
often weathered into pinnanles with boulders on their apex. The rocking 
AO te: 
bd ae 
October, 1909, 
an : " ‘ 
(145) stone was one of these sort. From the rocking stone up to the upper 
a7 a4 BATA 
13,700 the country 
camp at 
the heather stopped the Gis 
Groves. ere also began +) 
eam where the 
Foathe 
* te 2 he Poe eae F ens re ‘ . ~~ 4 c : 
packed up the outfit and left a 2 Poi, esdcended the mounts tb 
4 
reeching the Drts lower any 
a ony 
and the tr 
the neat 
At 10,300 faat wheres 
made Dry these aninal 
12,000 feet, 9: Nennined 
the night was shiliv, 
tha Hie rmom Ltam akevwnA Foo 
= table a ti Ol 2 BROWER ae 
hoya remained with us sitht 
nr tet be a 6 
with Lidvord snd hie 
forest of Senecio ken 
,pO0Cfeet. he rid&e war 
when thared by the sun. Ab 
we ecahktarvred honthe "+ ’ 
a8 AGALTAred heather up to 23,000 feet, where 
int Senecio Winens BONE neva’ 
ny zenecio Vinensis became prevalent and formed 
ms PJ lamankns + 5 s bela Sats x 4 
1¢@ filamentous Lobelia which ran into the snow 
Yay + re . 
Dy. Had carined, a& 3 
~ wae 
1 ‘ “ ~ Ve ra 4 
and returned through the fop to the upner cam nf 
a> w iat al hs been © se 
~ + 
” 
- ff fr Ss ae te st > >4 
yp 8,600 foes at dark. Pitched cam here with 
»p here wi 
if 
he COrwmon AQuikers 7 ae temnea rhawn7a 1 + t 
A Ormon duller geinal extends up the mountain as 
hav. 3 AA A « ae 
her, 13,900 “eet. tt in quite common at the limit of the 
fia Th ane tere Sins tone AS » Boren ens eS . 
the? ar two, Siepnent dung te quite in the 
« 
8 ehove the harhoo sone extending as hich as 
— 14 is i 
4 ar bey ith 7 
in oft BIL day with Dr. tt. and dA. 4%. 
* > Fan ‘ pee L ¥y . » 
thick toe and frozen ground oecuring in the norn ing} 
7 + ” 
above. Lidford oene ny mt 4-and one of his 
. foe 2.5 
ne near the fire all nipht, 8: Started at 
hoy to c&imh to the snow line. Passed through 
ienais up so She summit of 
the ridge at abouts 
. 
FOR k os . PY 4 
chio®ls hare pebbis ground andc 
Ry € 
™ fee 
.s ed + - Ave i ’ 
out the lm»ge boulders vere 
ie 
. . ~ Pape im ~ - ‘ 
snow. At snow line about the Inke mareine erer the bunch ersss 
of the filamentous Lobel tas 
Le rs 
were & few Alchemilias, vel 
the upper loke rhich wna pe 
law corpnsthae and 
o 
and & Tews fer short senec tos, 
a 
Felichrysun snd 
rele frosennnver At TL AeM. grex a hlackish 
moss and a trailine water herb. “he rocks ahont here were covered spar= 
par 
ingly with wellowish (147) end pravish Manca and a black fungus. The peak 
i 
clouded vp at 12 s.§. by dr 
the rocks near the Inke one 
ifting mist and foe and we reterned., About 
hyrvax vas seen and the ntlin of ofhers in the 
crevices. One war heard oslling at a distance. Tune of a carnivore, 
* ; ” 9 ‘ . 
aprarentiy ea leopard, was freen in a fev places under rocks on the ridge. 
The rock on the peak were larrely vertically bedded and rusty reddish 
and formed Into perpendicular cliffa, On the ridge we came un ther were 
chiefly boulders of dark rreyish blne with herder crystels imbedded like 
porphry. fiome reddish feldsosr like stones vere alfo spon. Ine of the 

