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$50) Shinolophus in the house. 2: Vent out for bats again with g.A.l. and (54) 6 A.Me until noon. Saw a few G. thomsoni near this stop. After leay- 
P ing the brushy ares ~ er a 
the Dr. Shot 4 Scotophilus and sav many others. In the evening we & hy area near the base of Kedong Nscarpment the plain was 
open and eg "e B avy. = 
caught a nycteris in the house. 3: Left Nairobi at 1.30 P.M. on a pen and grass covered but dry. Along the oxeek-bed a few thorn trees 
ew and these w ; sa i 
special train for Kijabe.s Day (51) partly cloudy so that no good riew jib Nite @ Were the conmon yellow-barked ones. North of Suswa the 
could be obtained near the summit. .R. voad on the coweatcher with plain was much dryer and denuded of grass but at the west end of the 
< ;: rae Fe - : country became a roll 
Dr. H. and 2.0.0, to Escarpment bud sow only & Hyaena. KR, JeAsbe 7 & rolling prairie, grass covered with scattered gall 
* 2 ecacia bush 1 Fat ‘ 
and myself rode the remiined of the way but saw only a pair of Colobus acia bushes in places,Ppspecially numerous on the rolling hills. 
: Reached HE f red 
sitting on the top of & tree 50 yards trom the track, 4: Went Solobus Bree cyeee. of She mein seanepeeys Of Sankeye ond eee 
hunting with J.A.L. above the mission. Secured two ad.? and one ad. & hours. K, T, ReJ.C. and Tarlton went out for track but saw none. 
and-a % Gercopitheeus., ound the Colobus in some tree in a canon near Klippspringer tracks and sign were phontiful on the rocky hill near 
the top of the ridge. Shooting did not frighten them mach and we got camp but none were seen. The wagon boys saw a pair of lidan near the 
the whole bunch of four, one of whioh stuck in the top of the tree. top of the hill but (55) Tarlton contd not find them. “he Journey over 
Walked about the forest for a few miles bu$ saw no more Colobue. A 5 from our noon stop te the Men was thzough grass and Acacia covered 
shot at a plantain eater disturbed some Cercopithecus which were hidden _  Gountry. ‘The only game seon by us was a steinbuck. Tarlton saw a herd 
in the tree tops and J.A.L. shot a 2 ad. he Golobus are said to be | | of 7 giraffe, In the road the tracks of a lion were seen. The country 
active only during the early morning and evening and to rest and sleep is well covered by long dry grasa buh there ia no water except for a 
during midday on the tree tops. 6: Leth Kijabe at 1O A.M. with J.lal.n. : ‘few weeks after heavy rains. Game is apparently lacking only because of 
and went out ahead of the safari and visited Mr. @wig. He took us to & . i the want of water. Travelled ali night and reached the Njorosyiro 
bat cave near his place. “he cave was half way up a brush hiliside. River at 7 A.M. on the - 7: Gamped just across the river among 89° me 
The entrance was about three feet square with & short tunnel opening out i | sesttered bushes. Tariton went ort for buck, but saw none. Heard a 
in a chamber 10 feet square. About 26-30 bats were found ali being | : lion roaring at dusk a fev miles away. 68: Set some traps along the 
tycteris which were easily caught by hand. They made no atternpt when. t oreek in the A.M. In the P.M. oaught a Lophuromys, Arvioanthus masaicus 
ive 
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shot were fired to leave by way of the entrance. 19 were securedy, and an Otomys. Saw a few buehbudi: tracks along the marshy border of the 
Twig showed us four warthog simile which he had shot (53) in the brush. oreeke Yeretation heavy along the creek, chiefly junipers trees and 
: \ ‘ as ; , t ie 
They all have very good tusks for this country. The largest waa about vines. KEveryone went out for buck but no one was successful. RJ. sar 
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14 inches, the next 12 inches and the others about 11 inches. He also duiker. Tarlton one duiker and the others drew blanks. Altitude about 
\ : 
He also pointed out the place on © bushy side hill were 3 Borgo had been | < _ & 6300 feet. 9: Picked up traps early. Caught one Rusty tree rat, one 
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seen recently but thie may have been mistaken identity although Borgo ‘ Peromysous mouse, one Lophuromys, one Graphtiurus, one Crocidura, and 
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have been shot near Escarpment Station a few miles away. Saw 3 Klippe- one Rock mouse. J,A.L. cpught 4 large Machyoryctes, one of which was 
pringer on a rocky hillside near the eave. Rejoined the safari on the an albino, also one Mus minimus which was more rusty. than the form from 
plain neat Mt. Suswa about sundown. Rodd until midnight and then rested Hi the Athi Plains. Broke camp at 9 A.M. Otomys runvays were abundant, 
two hours. Saw a fev large herds of sebra and some kongoni at sundown. along the oreek but they were too shy to ontch. Went bat hunting slong 
The Kongoni are apparently B. cokei. 6: ‘Travelled all night, ‘eather the creek at dusk but sew nothing which in rather surprising in such 
overcast with a full moon. Rested at the west end of Ht. Suswa from (57) heavy (57) vegetation. On the way over to the Hgauri Narok River saw 

