. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring. EXCITEMENT AMONGST THE MEN 91 But a few liours' march now separated us from tlie first goal of our journey, the forest-girt Taveta. Often the very sound of the name had acted like a magic spell upon our men, filling them, weary and worn as they were, with fresh hope, fresh energy. What wonder, then, that now we were so near it we were all. Count Teleki and I included, intoxicated with delightful anticipation ! How m-uch we might hope for in the beautiful quiet forest, into the depths of which we tried in
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring. EXCITEMENT AMONGST THE MEN 91 But a few liours' march now separated us from tlie first goal of our journey, the forest-girt Taveta. Often the very sound of the name had acted like a magic spell upon our men, filling them, weary and worn as they were, with fresh hope, fresh energy. What wonder, then, that now we were so near it we were all. Count Teleki and I included, intoxicated with delightful anticipation ! How m-uch we might hope for in the beautiful quiet forest, into the depths of which we tried in vain. ELANDS. to peer from the hill near the lake ! What peace, what rest in the cool shade of this African paradise, beside murmuring streams, after our long tramp across the arid steppes! Till quite late at night the men were carousing in honour of our near approach to the much-longed-for goal, and when the morning dawned there was a joyful stir in the camp such as we had never seen before. Many had put on their l^est clothes in honour of the occasion, others had washed their shirts the day before. The guns were loaded to bursting with 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 Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von. London : Longmans, Green & Co
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