. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . ture of ouraffairs. Through him the nativesbecame properly acquainted withour needs; and we got all theinformation we wanted withouthaving ourselves to take part inthe endless shauris. There is nodoubt that we owed getting aguide here to lead us further, to the presence of two men in our caravan related triballyto the mountaineers. Our new leader was a young fellow,who, according to his own account, came from the extremenorth of Samburu, and was now only on a visit to hisconnections on Mount Nyiro. We n
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring . ture of ouraffairs. Through him the nativesbecame properly acquainted withour needs; and we got all theinformation we wanted withouthaving ourselves to take part inthe endless shauris. There is nodoubt that we owed getting aguide here to lead us further, to the presence of two men in our caravan related triballyto the mountaineers. Our new leader was a young fellow,who, according to his own account, came from the extremenorth of Samburu, and was now only on a visit to hisconnections on Mount Nyiro. We named him Lembasso, ashe was to guide us to the lake, the Burkeneji word for whichis Basso. The following is the information we obtained here aboutthe districts on the north, and the way to them. We had two paths to choose from. One would lead us ina few days to a big lake called the Basso Narok or Black Lake,situated in an uninhabited district beyond which we should passthrough a further long deserted stretch of country, and thencome to the home of the Eeshiat, from whom we could obtain. BURKENEJI SHIELDS. 76 THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE EUDOLF cattle and cereals; but at the same time we were warned thatwe should find these Eeshiat treacherous. The other route would take us in a north-easterly directionfrom five to seven days journey through an uninhabited portionof Samburu to Marsabit, the head-quarters of the Burkeneji,whence the path would lead to a little lake called the BassoEbor or White Lake; but that was a very long way off, andno one knew how many days it would take to get there, as itwould depend entirely on the water conditions at the , goats, sheep, camels, and even horses, the two latteramongst the Eandile only, we should find in plenty in Samburu,but no cereals. To make up for this we might hope for goodhunting, especially at Marsabit, the neighbourhood of which isthe rendezvous of all manner of wild animals. In view of the unfavourable water conditions then p
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