Such trifles, however, were unable to damp our ardour as we tramped along in the direction of Nairobi. Each well remembered spot recalling some incident or other. Here was the place where I fell into the river the second night out. Further on was the clump of trees where I shot the guinea-fowl, and beyond that, again, was the game-pit which had bidden fair to put a summary end to my career over six months before. What hardships they seemed at the time, though subsequent events had dwarfed them into insignificance. Even our stirring experiences on the Waso Nyiro and our long weeks of anxiety in Kikuyuland seemed to suddenly recede into the limbo of the past. Everything else was forgotten in the intoxicating thought that at last we were almost home, and as we approached nearer to Nairobi a feeling of elation impossible to describe took possession of us. Pain, difficulties, anxieties—all were momentarily forgotten. Our emotions were shared by the men, and when the first galvanized roof appeared on the horizon a cheer broke forth, and we hurried forward at increased speed. Presently the railway station hove in sight, and a locomotive shunting trucks in the goods-yard sent forth an ear-splitting whistle. Never was there such a musical sound as that erstwhile discordant speech. At length, to cut a long story short, we arrived, much to the surprise of our friends, who had heard that we had all been killed in Embe, the news of the Somali’s disaster having in some mysterious manner filtered through. I have only once since experienced such a sense of relief as I felt on our arrival in Nairobi, and that is now, as I finish this account of our journey; and my only hope is that it will not have wearied the reader half as much as it wearied the writer. INDEX Abdullah ben Asmani, 12 Abdallah Arahalli, 94 Abdullah ben Selim, death of, 128 Aberdare Range, 3, 338, 342 A’kikuyu, assisted by the, 50; brawl with the, 60; return to the, 343; attempts at theft by the, 344; sheep stolen by the, 347; arrest of the chief of the, 348; steal three cows, 359 Aloes, 135, 160, 333 Ants, attacked by, 113; red, 158 Asmani ben Selim, 12, 324 Assala, 53 Athi river, 26; fishing in the, 27, 33, 35; in flood, 36; crossing the, 37 Baazi, 53 Baboons, 197, 249, 252 Baobabs, 79 Barri leaves the Somali camp, 276; is pursued, 277; is attacked by his pursuers, 277; and shoots Ismail Robli, 278 Baringo, Lake, 4, 136 Bei Munithu, 84; treachery of, 298; insolence of, 316; repentance of, 329 Bhotan, 94 Bilali, 14, 176 Blood-brotherhood, 84; ceremony of, 113, 147 Borana country, 235; people, 235 Buffalo hunt, 151; herd of, 192; horns destroyed by hyænas, 296