. Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. Elephant hunting; Hunting. RETURN TO MOMBASA 127 great mountain under varying conditions. One phenomenon puzzled me. I have often noticed Kenia quite clear, while the much lower neighbouring range of Jambeni would be capped with cloud. The entry in my diary, under date 25th December 1894, is as follows :—" I don't feel quite sure that this is really Christmas Day, though Kolb
. Elephant-hunting in east equatorial Africa; being an account of three years' ivory-hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo savages of the Lorogi Mountains, including a trip to the north end of Lake Rudolph. Elephant hunting; Hunting. RETURN TO MOMBASA 127 great mountain under varying conditions. One phenomenon puzzled me. I have often noticed Kenia quite clear, while the much lower neighbouring range of Jambeni would be capped with cloud. The entry in my diary, under date 25th December 1894, is as follows :—" I don't feel quite sure that this is really Christmas Day, though Kolb is confident his dates are right (there had. Summit of Mount Kenia. (From a Photograph by Dr. Kolb.) been a difference in our reckonings). However, we kept it. I made a 'duff' of the dark-coloured meal of the country, suet, and raisins, and it turned out better than I expected. The roast beef (a baron of veal) was first-rate. In the afternoon I set a gun for the ' fisi' (hyenas), which had made last night hideous with their bad language over the skull of Kolb's rhino. This gave us a little occupation, and considerable amusement in the evening, when it went off in the middle of a useful. 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 Neumann, Arthur H. London : R. Ward, limited
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