. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . ing gallop. I turned to Barnoti,who was now in the rear, carrying on his shoulders two fineelephant tusks which the Count had found by the way, and saidto him. Barnoti, wherever is this water ? Meata ngare tata ( we shall get no water to-day) was theprompt but most disheartening reply from Barnoti, who lookedcheerful as ever. Soon afterwards I joined Count Teleki and Baringo at thehead of the caravan. It now turned out that the old fellowreally knew nothing about the way, and had merely been follow-ing
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . ing gallop. I turned to Barnoti,who was now in the rear, carrying on his shoulders two fineelephant tusks which the Count had found by the way, and saidto him. Barnoti, wherever is this water ? Meata ngare tata ( we shall get no water to-day) was theprompt but most disheartening reply from Barnoti, who lookedcheerful as ever. Soon afterwards I joined Count Teleki and Baringo at thehead of the caravan. It now turned out that the old fellowreally knew nothing about the way, and had merely been follow-ing the channel of the stream in the hope of coming to water. ^ It was the Gazelle Wallerii II. p 66 THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE RUDOLF He only acknowledged the truth when Barnoti said that as faras he knew there was no water anywhere in the neighbour-hood. This unexpected revelation made us not a little had now been on our legs for twelve hours, and men andanimals were alike worn out. Not a drop of water had passedthe lips of the men since the early morning, and all we had. SEEKING WATER. ourselves was about two pints at the bottom of our travellingflasks. For a few moments there was a breathless silence,everyone wondering what would be the issue of it all. Thenthe Count gave orders for the camp to be pitched, and, thatdone, he sent seven parties of twenty men, each under the com-mand of one Somal, in different directions to seek for melancholy apathy of the party was now exchanged foreager activity, and five minutes later the different groups of men WATER AT LAST! 67 went off in the gathering darkness, carrying with them all thecooking vessels, &c. All remained quiet in camp for a littletime, and then, the scene lit up by a lantern, we were all gatheredin eager expectation round a deep hole which Qualla had haddug in the channel of the river in the hopes of finding a depth of some three feet the sand was a little damp, butfor the next three fee
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