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September, 1909, 28 
{120} of pools well out in the plein. 4: Left the camp & 
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) heavy stream which flowed down its a¢« "his is the Imbon! Rtver,. 
So. Dew na 4 ; and rainy ont became clear at 3 P11, Passed tirst through ga 
: Remained in our carp waiting for the donkeys to appear. No buck 
‘ serub end then open plains and over a small stream, Camped at 5 P.M 
seen about camp in the open plains. “Tracks of waterbuck and duiker seen ; 
a at the “njoro River. This stream ia hearily wooded by good sized junipers 
in the brush. Saw a heni of baboons climbing about trees. Shot at then : | 
it = end vews and other trees. On the way over sav a few G. pranti, one herd 
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without effect. “he barked connidesably and after I had passed them 
“ i of zebre and a fer G. thomsont Sev one Guiker and a band of 15 baboons 
thoy followed my trail but did not come nearer than 20 yards to me. : ’ ; 
f ‘ : near camp. These latter had turned ever the stones in the vicinity In 
Afterward [ sav a patch of ground on the edge of the plains where they : 
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; “ 2 and Larvae ye Start h safari at & A Nast 
tie Ne : search of sneile and larvae. 6: Started the safari at © Aw. Day 
had been feeding. Ali the stones smnlier than 8 inches in diameter had 
7 * which save ua a mammificent view of Kenia and the snow 
(118) been turned over apperentiy (116) for madi and insects. In some places 
and glacier on the sumait. Took a few (122) snaps at i+ but the light 
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the bulbs of a lily which was Juat eating ont had been dug up and eaten. : 
¢ Pym i was unfavorable. Passed through long graas country inberaperced by 
Shot one rabbit, the only one seen. Sat no other mammals and only a few ; : 
; eee mountain streams every few miles along which grew chiefly junipers with 
tracks of bushbuck and duikers. “ent out with the head light in the rain ; Z wiles y sans 
mith 3 . a. a few yews, both the sountein and plains species and other trees. Saw 
with Rd.C,. but shined nothing nor jumped anything except a rabbit, the is : , ‘ 
, ai gevernl elums of blue lwpines in “lower and also the white balsam alon 
eyes of which did not shine. 3: Left camp at 7 in a mint. “e soon 2 ; 4 
} , " og creeks ne Steinbuck seen and the traeks of hyraenas along the trail. 
struck the plain where the grans ian naten down to the roots and had just oh ae : aT : ‘ 
ana re yowvery sanree. “he guite rece snoor of 2 single elephant 
began to grow sgain. The road skirted Sungyri Fill. Sev one steinbuck Cehrerr tis torr foo te, eee eee is y 
| ts : : % along one of the creeka A liemd of about a dozen baboons seen a 
which was flushed in the open brush aountey near the hill. Saw two small. te aaee ¢ : 
ord 2 the open grasay veldt. “hoc ran for the timber, some 1/4 
herd of Gazelle thomsoni of 7-8 eaoh, mostly females with helt grown oe ee Re rp ee ie / 
mi ewa-r when . et ae? Sen a hex Mee shy fa) nc a strined 
young. Shot a female. Saw two anal? hemis of zebra of 6 individuale mile away when they sav ule Jaw & hevd of 4 G. thomsont and a stripe 
ae hy she 2.2, “he lstter animal was not seen distinct1; 
(119) but no other game. At noon we stopyed mt (119) a fair-sized stream i hysens in the $.N. “he LfSher animal | ; sted 
; Ae k anrers said it was nckel, Made camp at b on A small stream 
running north toward the Guaso Nyiro, we anparentiy having crosasd the the gsunbearers said a ge e mp at f 
i # ‘ ta tho apen pleins very Lithle rood ahoutk it 2 Set £6 traps 
Tank wetersheds. This stream was on the edge of She brushy forest and {nthe open plains vary Aittle wos Bae r } 
i ist + oar md Gang 7a pienh Croatdnma, 4 } nromys, 4 Otomys and one 
was lined wish the large TOWER » Podacarpua gracilor, Saw some all black about camp and oaneht two fient Croc cyurta, 3 z 
Arvicanthus. “hose giant shrews and the Apyioanthus pumilio show the 
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erova and shot & black-orested *rancolina on the plain. In the after- 
j A ¢ -o be closerto the Rift Valley end the Mau then the Athi Plains. 
noon we saw a herd of & kongoni and & zebra together with 3 warthors. fauna to be closerto the Rift Valle; me 9 
i tent ¢ nd cold with a heavy frost. Broke camp at 8.50 and ascended 
™he kongoni here are said to be 3. jJacksoni. Saw several greater bus- Night clear and cold wit heavy b iy Se 
an open grassy plains to a pase in the rounded hills into whioh this 
tards, & herd of 15 Gasella thomeoni and ® common duiker. “hen we ar- 
5s ae Py 3 Zé 9 broken. At this northern point the forest almost 
rived we found Gol. Roosevelt had ahot three adult Oryx and one calf, a slope of Kenia is broken. 4% th yesnn 
: Kielce. a Pent Ling trees ocour elong the flank and chicfly 
¢ gland which was typically petersonamea and two steinbuck, chiefly ?'s disappears, only a fev struggling G8 
ij 4 ‘ @ the we and southern slopes on the hills only. Above the belt 
and think they @re all defassa. After crossing the first large stream flong the west and sou n B20} ' v 
! i j i SB & 16x sour and bamboo is wanting. A new tree with pinnate 
where we stopped at noon we passed through a Juniper region with occasional grass and herbs ooonr & ° Ge Pp 
Te xe the wal nd is the preveland tree. The minute 
Open grassy perks. Cuite & good many treos hearing the green milky follege like the walnut scours here and is the p Gree s , 
tae y ; Jone pendulous recems. Along the roed ® good deal 
(120) juiced manzanita berries were seen along the road. (120) Arrived at the flowers are born in long pendulous recemis. ‘ #8 
. % tf the ny leaved rar vee ) normon on she Mairasha slope of the tau 
Colonels camp at 6 P.H. He was camped on a small stream or rather series of the gray leaved rag weed so cornmo - t p t 

