. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . the larger are from thirty to fifty, and on the smaller aboutfifteen brown huts, of the hayrick shape, huddled closely to-gether. The inhabitants number from 150 to 200, and livealmost entirely by fishing. They sometimes get a httle dhurrafrom the Eeshiat. Their sole possessions are one or two cows, adozen sheep, and perhaps a couple of dozen dogs. A thirduninhabited sandbank nearer the beach serves, with the muddybank, alike as storehouse for fuel, and mooring ground forcanoes. ELMOLO ASK IF WE ARE CAN
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . the larger are from thirty to fifty, and on the smaller aboutfifteen brown huts, of the hayrick shape, huddled closely to-gether. The inhabitants number from 150 to 200, and livealmost entirely by fishing. They sometimes get a httle dhurrafrom the Eeshiat. Their sole possessions are one or two cows, adozen sheep, and perhaps a couple of dozen dogs. A thirduninhabited sandbank nearer the beach serves, with the muddybank, alike as storehouse for fuel, and mooring ground forcanoes. ELMOLO ASK IF WE ARE CANNIBALS 133 Although the natives must have known of our arrival, theynone-of them appeared the first day, so we sent Qualla and theguide to them in the afternoon. Several canoes, each mannedby three men, put out to meet them, and halted within earshot,but only one woman, a Burkeneji, landed to act as thing she especially begged of us, and that was not to takeguns with us when we went to treat with the Elmolo, or to firein the neio-hbourhood again. She then assured us of the. ALIA, AN ELMOLO SETTLEMENT ON LAKE RUDOLF. friendly intentions of the islanders, and asked for a presentfrom us to prove our goodwill. Qualla had no goods with him,but promised some for the next day, reassured her about theguns, which he said were only dangerous to wicked people,adding that unless her friends supplied us with food we mustuse them, as we depended on them for our support, just as theydid on fishing. The natives promised to bring something forsale, asked if we were cannibals, and, satisfied on that pointalso, they went off again. 134 ALONG LAKE RUDOLF With tlie help of our field-glasses, we made out in thedistance not only elephants, but zebras, and also a rather largeantelope covered with reddish-brown hair, of a species unknownto us. Alia : Friday, March 23.—In the morning one elephantonly remained in the lake, the other having disappeared duringthe night. So the Count had the
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