. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . llage near brought us some cattle forsale, of which we were very glad, as we had no food with us,and Lemagori introduced us to his children, including a very R 2 244 THROUGH TURKANA AND SUK handsome daughter, and to some of his other relations. Theevening was passed in friendly chat. It was evident that the people here were putto great straits forfood from the way inwhich the childrenfought for the bonesour men threw tothem. Accompanied byLemagori and half adozen Turkana westarted again beforedaybreak t
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . llage near brought us some cattle forsale, of which we were very glad, as we had no food with us,and Lemagori introduced us to his children, including a very R 2 244 THROUGH TURKANA AND SUK handsome daughter, and to some of his other relations. Theevening was passed in friendly chat. It was evident that the people here were putto great straits forfood from the way inwhich the childrenfought for the bonesour men threw tothem. Accompanied byLemagori and half adozen Turkana westarted again beforedaybreak the nextmorning, wadingpainfully for the firsthour through thedeep sand of the bedof the stream, andthen pushing on alongflat beach of the lake toMount Losagam, which, on theside near the lake, presenteda black, rugged, precipitousappearance. In spite of theintense heat we hurried forwardas rapidly as possible, hopingto reach the next halting-placebefore noon. The scenery wasdreary and barren, but we sawa good many kaama antelopes,gazelle Grantii, and hares. Itwas interesting to note how. LEMAGORI S DAUGHTER. LEMAGORlS SPEECH 245 eager for tlie cliase the little yellow curs of tlie natives becamedirectly they caught sight of any game. They flew like arrowsfrom a bow at the quarry, outstripped it, and tried by leapingat the throat to drive it back towards us. As a matter of factthey often succeeded in bringing antelopes to a stand. By nine oclock we had Mount Losagam on our left. Wewere now approaching well-populated districts, and Lemagoriadvised us to be careful to keep well together, as our suddenand altogether unexpected appearance might awake the hostilityof the natives, who would take us for mangati,^ or now understood why our guide had let so many of hisfriends come with him. We were marching quietly along theflat beach when we saw two girls with bowls on their headsadvancing towards us in the distance. When they caught sightof us they started, remained staring
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