September, 1909. 
(126) at noon a Meru tracker came in and reported two aow elephants about 6 
miles away. %,R., Tarlton, R.J.0. and KR, went out in a few minutes. 
At about 3 P.M. %.R, came up with them and shot ene of the cows at 80 
(129) yards. Her tote and the other cow (129) with her toto fled tn the tall 
srase which prevented s shot at #ue voung which were Aid by it. The 
country in which they were shot was shink high prass, about 6-7 feet high. 
14: Gaught two more sorex Along the wiver, Left with BO men and Hid.8; 
for the elephant at 7 A.M. Saw only a bunch af 6 gebra, Arrived at the 
elephant at 9 A.M. Found it in wery SAll graes about & feet hich near 
@ small stream and well away from Any trees. Stomach contents shanbe 
beans and twigs. The large toto elephant did not return but rematned 
with the other female and her youn®. “his cow was very old, her last 
molars badly worm. She was ats11 in milk although the toto was two years 
91d. ound tro old elephant killa noar hy, both the the skine dried to 
the bones and the (130) skulls undamaged hy chopping out of ivory, “hese 
were secured. They were the female and her oalf épperently and lay within 
30 yards of each other and were the same Age as repards weathering. 15: 
Heard during the night a lion roar several miles away to the east. No 
hyaenas about camp. 16: Finished paring down the elephants, weather 
very dry and hot. Thermometer 95° in the tent. R.J.%. shot a 2 Burchell 
zebra for food. He also saw a ? Cohnb ellipsiprymnus. 17: Left for Heru 
boma at 8.30 A.M. in a hannock with the safari. Saw no game on the way, 
Took photos of Acanthue hedges and of a large Dracaena. Arrived at the 
boma at 3 P.M. and ‘put up at the station with Brmet. Meru bome has been 
determined to be 5300 elevation hy two triomenlators. Both of our baro- 
iotaus give 5600.(131) 18: 7.8. & KR. came in from Egongo with the 
large * elaphas tusks and ears and the Rhino hom. 19: %.R. took down 
notes on all the rodents, Insectivores and Chirtotera collected thus far. 
20: R.dJ.G. and Tarlton finished packing the skina and bones for sh ipment 
to Nairobi with me. 71: 2. and R.d.0. left for the Guaso Fyiro via 
Neumann's Boma. Nstimated time hefore arrivaad in Nairobi, one month, 
K.Re and Tarlton went on Safari for Koodon at Kennington, via Nyeri where 
they expect to obtain posho for the trip. Gaught a % Mus gray in the boma 
which is the common house mouse of the country. This one has 17 embryos. 
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(131) 22: Set traps about the bourse in which the elephant skins and bones had 
(132) been kept and into which hyaenas had dug and destroyed some of the ribs. 
ice bad also eaten two holes in the skin. Geveral of tua ugandae were 
caught about the house but no others except ® Legeada. [tt is certain that 
no rats occur about houaen and thereforo these fre responsible for the 
damage, One female caught contained 16 developed embryor, Mo hraenns 
came to the traps set lest night. “he mmmae on each side numbered 9, 
thet is, 9 pairs and vere strung 811 slong from the tnquiné1 region woll 
up On the chest. 26:Left the Boma at 6050 Asi. with 40 regular porters 
end 110 Meru carrying the two elephant sking and the Guaso ltviro col- 
lection of F.R, Camped at the firsh strear about 6 hours from the bona. 
Altitude 8400 feet. "he boma was 6300 feet. Saw a heré of about 20 
zebra near the camp on new erees, {1345) with these was assoctated an old 
Oryx with a single horn and one Zhomsoni gazelle. Saw no other fame 
mammals. Noted a feoretary bird And 5 white winged greater bustards 
near the sebra. 27: Night windy and cold the temperature be Ing 46° 
in the early A.M. Passed an unpleasant night without a bed, posho for 
porters or Jocula for the Hasunga because the Vanern die no} reach us 
but camped several miles below. ‘Went down the creek half a mole to look 
for posho. Saw a lioness coming up the trail toward me on the burned 
off ground apparently coming to water at the place whore we were camped « 
She came within 400 yards without seeing me on the hillside. At 
point I returned to oamp for the 50 calibre rifle, I being armed 
22 Gale Alone. When { returned { could soe nothing of her /134), 
watching & gerval cat walked out of a small patch of bush leds tn 
burnt plain. I took three shots at this oat at 500 yards but fatled. 
I expected to flush the lioness by these if she was in the brush but 
appasently had returned to the brush along the ereek. 286: 1 
no carnivores heard. Left at 8.50 ish. Sav the old one-horned Oryx on 
the hillside where I first shot ab him, also the vebra. Garie is ey 
ly very shationary. Saw four sebra before reaching the summit. “he 
summit is 9500 fees and our old camp west of it only 300 feet lower, this 
is 9200 feet. ‘Saw one oryx just a little helow the sumiit. Near camp a 
porter stated he saw 6 eland so { went out with him but we sav none. Sar 

