


(284) 
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market @ shot time and made photos. There were sever 
here, chiefly and Nandi womene 
e 
women 
Marayoli 
and goat skins like the Kisumu women while others were 
A a ue ee . ah, FA ee 
A rt way beyond the market in the rocky 
iriki. 
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xerus run across the road. 




breeze and stopped at the Dak Bungalow. 

day ahead of schedule and would have to wait two days 
a 
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19: Caught a few Arvicanthus, Epimvs hindei 
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the papyrus swamp. In the morning went dovn to the h 
and shot some of the Phylladactylus in the 
and 4 Lavia frons from the Kigelias. 
Taphozous 
open grassy plains near the papyrus. (283) 20: Left 
on the regular train for Nairobi. The boys caught 
the large Crocidura bicolor, like the one from Ngangnori. 
between Kisumu and Yilos is level and covered by scatt 
barked acacias and many large candelabra and thickets 
aloes. Smell clusters of Kavirondo houses surrounded b 
were seen everywhere. Between Kilos and Kibigori the 
trees predominate. At Kibigori and Kavirondo shambas 
seen beyond. At this station, however, the Kavirondos 
all the is under their cultivation. ‘When 
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land about 
we saw many hundreds of Marabow storks sitting about ¢ 
arently feeding on some it had attracted 
numbers. A few European storks were also seen. At Muhoroni the country 
begins to get hilly but is still covered only sparingly by yellow thorn 
trees and new gras No native (284) villages or cultivation seen any- 
Where. Country about Fort Ternan hilly and grass covered with dark green 
thorn trees and combretum. No game or natives seen al 
Fort Ternan to Lumbwa the country continues open and 
thorn trees. Near the tunnel were groves of the lerge 
barked Acacias. Along the streams near the tunnel man 
small] raphia palms were seen. About Muhorni we passed 
Saw a few reedbuck 
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Some wore short aprons 
lan 



Arrived at Fisumu at ll A.M. 

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for 
and one Leggada bella in 
ead of the 
Kigelia trees. 
Shot tvo monitors on the 
in the 
approaching FKibigori 
them 
grassy with scattered 
the 
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lake 
Shot also 
Kisumu at 8 &.li. 
swamp one of 
The country 
ered green or brown 
of red-flowered 
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7 green bush hedge 
small combretim 
stop and none are 
are common end 
he grassy plains 
in such large 
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be 
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flat topped scaly 
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clumps of 
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