Archive image from page 159 of Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring discoveryoflakes01hhne1 Year: 1894 134 TAVETA Ax\D MOUNTS KILIMANJARO AND MERU ourselves besieged by the younger people, who did not quit us till nightfall, and were all eager to shake hands with us, to touch and examine evervthin Kimemeta told us we might expect a visit the next day from some four or five hundred warriors, and advised us to be off' as early as possible, to avoid having to give another big hongo. The Masai are deep sleepers, not
Archive image from page 159 of Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring discoveryoflakes01hhne1 Year: 1894 134 TAVETA Ax\D MOUNTS KILIMANJARO AND MERU ourselves besieged by the younger people, who did not quit us till nightfall, and were all eager to shake hands with us, to touch and examine evervthin Kimemeta told us we might expect a visit the next day from some four or five hundred warriors, and advised us to be off' as early as possible, to avoid having to give another big hongo. The Masai are deep sleepers, not fond of the early morning dew, and rarely leave their huts Ijefore sunrise; but unfortunately it was wet the next morning, so we could not hasten our departure as much as we wished. Our march now led us in a south-west- erly direction from the Engilata river, across a plain sparsely covered with grass, and here and there quite bare. We met no natives either, and could only see their herds on the banks of the Dariama river, in the distance looking like bright spots amongst the dark- green fohage. To make up for this there were quantities of big game, chiefly gnu-antelopes and zebras, on the steppe. The former are greyish-black animals, more like oxen than ante- lopes in general form, looking from a distance very like buffaloes, especially as their horns greatly resemble those of the latter; but the mistake is soon perceived when they dash off' at one's approach, with long leaps in the air like young foals. Equally beautiful are the zebras, especially when, alarmed, they stamp about here and there, yelping Hke so many HORNS OF THE GNU-ANTELOPE.
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