. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . tch the movements of their hereditary foes. The swamp, which is at a height of 6,810 feet, is situatedin the middle of a wood and is the source of many streams. Assoon as we arrived a few natives appeared, but sweet potatoeswere all they had to offer us,famine prevailing here as men still retained a good many goat and sheep skins savedfrom their rations, and these were now most useful, for thenatives preferred them as payment to beads, wire, or stuffs. Tomen who had tasted nothing for mont
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . tch the movements of their hereditary foes. The swamp, which is at a height of 6,810 feet, is situatedin the middle of a wood and is the source of many streams. Assoon as we arrived a few natives appeared, but sweet potatoeswere all they had to offer us,famine prevailing here as men still retained a good many goat and sheep skins savedfrom their rations, and these were now most useful, for thenatives preferred them as payment to beads, wire, or stuffs. Tomen who had tasted nothing for months but meat, dhurra, andberries, sweet potatoes were of course a great treat, and thecamp resounded on every side with cries of Recha guatsche!or Bring us potatoes ! The news of our arrival soon spread, and one of the first tocome to give us greeting was the manly young Terrere, whoseable co-operation had done so much to aid our entrance intoKikuyuland the year before. His affection was not, however,really for us white men, but for Qualla, on whom he lavishedthe most tender 6 DFX 21 KUTIRE KTMANDAJA! 301 Terrere told us that not a day had passed since we leftwithout our being spoken of, for after the first fight with usthe rain had stopped, the crops had died, the fruit had droppedoff, expeditions against the Masai had miscarried ; in short,everything had gone wrong. All this the Wakikuyu saidwas the result of our curse, because they had received ushostilely, and their one desire was that we should return andremove that curse from their land. Daily they had gone tothe frontier to see if there were any signs of us, and alreadythings were a little better, there was promise of a good harvest,but everything except potatoes was still unripe. We shouldtherefore not find very much to eat just now, but still it wouldbe better for us to cut right across Kikuyuland on our way toUkambani, than to go to JSTgongo Bagas. Terrere wound upby assuring us that Kikuyuland was ours ;
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