. South of Suez. SOUTH OF SUEZ meant an invasion into the land of the Massai—war on the Hamite hordes. . How little heknows! How much do I? His sons, I sup-pose, will drive motor-cars. Mine may flingspears. ... Ali was first to spy Kihma Njaro, austere,cool, lovely beyond expression, floating highabove the hot, rolling yellow veldt hke a white,gleaming cloud projected above the drab pallof a smoky city. The pace quickened. The sight revived the utterly weary men likea cold draught. We marched all day straighttowards the towering cone; but at night it seemedto have receded. We marched through t
. South of Suez. SOUTH OF SUEZ meant an invasion into the land of the Massai—war on the Hamite hordes. . How little heknows! How much do I? His sons, I sup-pose, will drive motor-cars. Mine may flingspears. ... Ali was first to spy Kihma Njaro, austere,cool, lovely beyond expression, floating highabove the hot, rolling yellow veldt hke a white,gleaming cloud projected above the drab pallof a smoky city. The pace quickened. The sight revived the utterly weary men likea cold draught. We marched all day straighttowards the towering cone; but at night it seemedto have receded. We marched through thenight—not having touched water since dawn—resting only till the moon came up to light thetrail. We saw the sun rise red and hot on ourright hand, but the great mountain, veiled insmoke from a distant burning plain and mistsfrom the uplands, had faded utterly from view—fifty miles away. This day, for the first time, I permitted theweaker ones to lag, and pushed on with thoseable to keep the pace. The
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