. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. 66 THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE RUDOLF He only acknowledged the truth when Barnoti said that as far as he knew there was no water anywhere in the neighbour- hood. This unexpected revelation made us not a little anxious. We had now been on our legs for twelve hours, and men and animals were alike worn out. Not a drop of water had passed the lips of the men since the early morning, and all we had. SEEKING WATER. ourselves was about two pints
. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. 66 THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE RUDOLF He only acknowledged the truth when Barnoti said that as far as he knew there was no water anywhere in the neighbour- hood. This unexpected revelation made us not a little anxious. We had now been on our legs for twelve hours, and men and animals were alike worn out. Not a drop of water had passed the lips of the men since the early morning, and all we had. SEEKING WATER. ourselves was about two pints at the bottom of our travelling flasks. For a few moments there was a breathless silence, everyone wondering what would be the issue of it all. Then the Count gave orders for the camp to be pitched, and, that done, he sent seven parties of twenty men, each under the com- mand of one Somal, in different directions to seek for water. The melancholy apathy of the party was now exchanged for eager activity, and five minutes later the different groups of men. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von, 1857-1942; Teleki, Samuel, Székigrof, 1845-1916; Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens, "Mrs. A. E. Bell,". London, Longmans, Green and Co.
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