. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. 14 AT NYEMPS and had straight pointed horns from two to two and a half inches long. It had exceptionally large ears with a strip of black and white hair at the edge. The soft tufa-like rock of the plateau terraces was riddled with caves hollowed out by whole colonies of hyenas as dwellings for themselves, each animal having a separate dwelling with an opening to serve as entrance.' We reached Nyemps on December 8. It rained nearly ev
. Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888. 14 AT NYEMPS and had straight pointed horns from two to two and a half inches long. It had exceptionally large ears with a strip of black and white hair at the edge. The soft tufa-like rock of the plateau terraces was riddled with caves hollowed out by whole colonies of hyenas as dwellings for themselves, each animal having a separate dwelling with an opening to serve as entrance.' We reached Nyemps on December 8. It rained nearly every day from the 7th to the 11th, of which we were rather glad, as after being so much in the highlands we found the temperature here very trying, and had also been so overwhelmed with dust, in spite of watering the camp twice every da}^, that some of the men were suffering from inflammation of the eyes. The rain would at least lay this dust for a time, and we employed the next few days in constructing as fire-proof a tent as possible in which to store our goods, and in holding shauri with the natives in the hope of getting some ^jlljyB information about the district on the north. Everything was, however, very vague, and we could not even ascertain whether there was or was not more than one lake there. One thing only seemed clear, namely, that Samburu was the name of a province, not of a lake only, and this was rather a surprise to us, as on all maps of the district issued during the last thirty years, a lake of that name appears, though it varies in size and situation. There seemed no doubt that we should have to pass through a very sparsely inhabited land, so that it would be necessary to take large quantities of provisions with us. We therefore awaited Maktubu's return and report with considerable anxiety. We generally went for a little walk in the neighbourhood. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for re
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