Arrival at the Tana river—A visit to M’biri—Crossing the Tana—Smallpox—Kati drowned—I give Ramathani a fright—Peculiar method of transporting goods across the river practised by the Maranga—The safari across—M’biri—Disposal of the sheep—We resume the march—The Maragua once more—The Thika-Thika—The swamps—Kriger’s Farm—Nairobi 351 INDEX 365 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE AUTHOR _Frontispiece_ THE ATHI RIVER NEAR DOENYO SABUK } } 36 CROSSING AN AFFLUENT OF THE SAGANA } THE CAMP AT MARANGA } } 52 BUYING FOOD AT MARANGA } GROUP OF A’KIKUYU 60 GROUP OF A’KIKUYU WOMEN 76 ELDERS OF M’THARA } } 114 DIRITO AND VISELI AND TWO FOLLOWERS } THE AUTHOR MAKING BLOOD-BROTHERHOOD WITH KARAMA } } 148 THE “GREEN CAMP” } VIEW ON THE WASO NYIRO NEAR “SWAMP CAMP” } } 178 CUTTING UP A RHINOCEROS FOR FOOD } PALMS ON THE WASO NYIRO 204 HORNS OF BRINDLED GNU, ETC. 220 MASAI ELMORAN IN WAR ARRAY 242 HORNS OF BUFFALO, ETC. 258 PORTRAIT OF MR. G. H. WEST } } 294 RHINOCEROS SHOT BY GEORGE } ORNAMENTS WORN BY A’KIKUYU WOMEN 316 A’KIKUYU WEAPONS 328 MOUNT KENIA FROM THE NORTH } MOUNT KENIA FROM THE SOUTH-WEST } 336 MAP PART OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA _To fold out at end of book_ ERRATA IN MAP _For_ NGARI NAMUKI _read_ NGARE NANUKI. ” GUASO NAROK ” WASO NAROK. ERRATA Page 135, line 16, _for_ “M’gomba” _read_ “N’gombe.” ” 135, lines 17, 18, _for_ “due north of Mathara” _read_ “north of the Jombeni Mountains.” ” 136, line 19, _for_ “Guaso” _read_ “Waso.” ” 136, line 23, _for_ “Gwarguess” _read_ “Wargasse.” ” 147, 148, _for_ “Koromo” _read_ “Karama.” ” 178, lines 9, 10, 13, _for_ “N’gomba” _read_ “N’gombe.” ” 183, line 2, _for_ “sassi” _read_ “sassa.” ” 213, lines 30, 32, _for_ “Van Hohnel” _read_ “von Hohnel.” ” 264, line 30, _for_ “M’Nyanwezi” _read_ “M’Nyamwezi.” THROUGH KIKUYU TO GALLA-LAND