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(125) was seen and also lerge bede of blue-flowered: mint Beni fish pladiotas. 
On the way down to Meru we met Lora fnith, Glover Allen and Brooks of 
Boston returning from the Guasn Kyivro. Ati the dome we found Fermit and 
Parlton who had come in the day before. “hey hed 4 large lot of game, 
some 30 specimens a8 follows: 6 Lionas, 5 buffalo, 6 Gerenuk, 3 Oryx, 3 
Greviy's gebra, 2 cheetah, 1 Ard wolt, 1 Grant Gaselle, 1 Serval, 1 jackal, 
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1 Cercopithecus, 1 gland, 1 steinbuck, 1 Gik-dik. The five lions were 
from #8 herd of 11 which they found on the Laikir 5g ao. days out 
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of Nyeri. Oa ovr arrivel at the bona which was about dusk we found the 
Waneru in large numbers holding on engoribes “hey are an agricultural 
tribe very much like the Kikuyu and talk a sintlar language. (1h4) 7: 
A report of three cow elephants came in &hout ? A.M. and the Col, went 
out in pursuit. He found them shont G miles away In the edge of the 
shembes in dense brush about 6 Peet hish. Hy getting 
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on & large fallen 
tree trunk he could see to shoot at one ab 50 yards. “his one he got 
after hitting him about 7 tines. It proved to be a bull with about 35 
soinevhat smaller size than the first one secured at 
RIG. and I went out at 4.30 with part of the Safari end landed at 
dark near the elephant. We camped on the edge of the shambas and later 
made our way in the dark to the elephant, NéSBANAM OHNNNA NARS oe: 
“he stall elephent flies were very numerous and 
making the work verg disagrecable. §&: 
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Skinned the ele; five hours, dey clondy and favorable to the 
preservation. ‘hen we arrived at 7.50 we found several Carvovultures 
sitting on the caroass and numerous white spots (125) made by their ex- 
erement. The contents af the stomach was ahiefly twigs, but these were 
in no condition for identification. “he country in which he was shot is 
tell brush made up chiefly of a yellow-flowered coarse Leaved bush, two 
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malvaceae, one the pink berbaceous fom and the other a bush with open 
ponicles of flowers; have preserved these specimens, “Teeth of the elephant 
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are apparently his last molara. “he two lower in use are 9-10 in formilar 
and the upper two are both 6. “hey have a peculiar appearance, the islands 
of enamel projecting up © half inch without any cement filling up the 
spaces thus resembling a nastadon tooth. 9: Pared down ail but one of 
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the five nieces of elephant. eat theee hymen trans about the place 
where the elenhant fell. Hanz white-neaked ravens, errptian kites and 
a amall white-hellied ynlture hoovered shont the plece today. 10: Caught 
an old 4 leonard only. “his one had only drargreed the tray a few feot 
throueh the thiok brush. “hen f sarmronched within fifteen feet it rrowled 
and charged out savacely as far ag the tran would let it. f shot it 
several times in the head with the 2% ms it took & aide shot to reach the 
brain, “his leopard vasthe sine uc the other but weiehed only 100 pounds, 
it being in lean condition. Cole Honseralt on his way to the boma rer~ 
terday sav an animal et close range like a larpe jnckal which he thinks 
wes an sbrseaien wolf, Left the carm ah noon and returned to the boma. 
¥.8, and Tarlton came in late with a ¢ elenhant about the same size as the 
ane we skinned, ivory 64 pounds.(127) At: Lett the boma at 2 P.M, with 
the safari for the elephert camp af which H.R. shot nis 4. FR. and 
Marlton went down at 7 Ait, 60 hunt for a cow but Aid not find the herd. 
et 4 P.M, 7. shot a large bull with 50 Lh. tueke, (104 lhe. pair). 
hia one mensnred 10 feet 9 Inches at the shoulder. “e pitched canp 
ahout & PM. in a bean field close fo the river. On the way down we 
passe through melie and been fields and banana proves. Much avantnus 
erew plone the rornd and in many places it was used for hedgeing to which 
{4 is well enited. Sar quite a number of Pracen&s of large size in the 
fields and afew date palms on the river. AncorAing to the barometer 
the bome is ®800 feet; bhis cam is 4000 feet end quite warm at night. 
12: In the rorning I went out to the elephant to get the ears and men- 
surements. The men had already enk wm tho head end the feet were ore 
nlao eo photos and measurements could not be obtained. Stomach contents 
eppeared to be the twice and lever of the abhhe blossom bush end come 
beans from the shambas. “he countr about the kil) wae chiefly covered 
with thick heavy erase 6 or 7 feet hieh with ocorcionel fiat-topped 
scecias. Late in the P.M. news of two 8 elephants came in end ".R., Ki Rey 
and Tarlton went out but fefled to “ind the ame. Dombeya, the leaves, 
flowers end bark and tries of which were found in the elephants stomachs 
ts the common bush here. 13: Ganght several tins (erey! in the traps set 
slong the river. ¥.R. and 2,d.0. went ont early to try to locate elephants. 

