Archive image from page 334 of Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring discoveryoflakes01hhne1 Year: 1894 CONSTANT DEMANDS FOR TRIBUTE 309 At every one of the many streams we crossed we liad to -py a little tribute, each small valley having its own Samaki, a fact which was the chief element of difficulty in our journey through Kikuyu. We camped at mid-day on a ridge near Utahaj's village, which, as usual in this country, is in a wood. Our ridge, which was some 115 feet high, sloped abruptly down to a brook with an
Archive image from page 334 of Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring discoveryoflakes01hhne1 Year: 1894 CONSTANT DEMANDS FOR TRIBUTE 309 At every one of the many streams we crossed we liad to -py a little tribute, each small valley having its own Samaki, a fact which was the chief element of difficulty in our journey through Kikuyu. We camped at mid-day on a ridge near Utahaj's village, which, as usual in this country, is in a wood. Our ridge, which was some 115 feet high, sloped abruptly down to a brook with an equally lofty hill on the other side. There was certainly UTAHAJ UAJAKl'S VILLAGE. plenty of bush here for making a fence, but it was not of the right kind, and we put it up chiefly for show, as it would scarcely protect us from arrows, whilst a charge would carry it completely at once. Whilst we were at work some thousand natives surrounded us, and were only kept back with the greatest trouble by Utahaj and his friends. Our chief care was to make sure of several days' provisions, so that if hostilities really broke out we should have, so to
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