Within two
weeks he was carrying his load on his head or shoulder, and trying to
keep up near the head of the safari. The charm of feathers disappeared
shortly after, I am sorry to say. He took his share of the meat. Within
two months Daphne was imitating as closely as possible the manners and
customs of his safari mates. But he never really succeeded in looking
anything but the wild and graceful savage he was.
FOOTNOTES:
[16] After the fashion of the Canadian tump line.
[17] Pronounce all the syllables.
[18] An entirely different stream from that flowing north of Mt. Kenia.
[19] Pronounce _every_ syllable.
[20] His official name was Lightfoot, Queen of the Fairies, because of
his ballet-like costume.
XXXIV.
TO THE KEDONG.
For four hours we descended the valley through high thorn scrub or the
occasional grassy openings. We were now in the floor of the Rift Valley,
and both along the escarpments and in the floor of the great blue valley
itself mountains were all about us. Most of the large ones were
evidently craters; and everywhere were smaller kopjes or buttes, that in
their day had also served as blow holes for subterranean fires.
At the end of this time we arrived at the place where we were supposed
to find the wagon. No wagon was there.
The spot was in the middle of a level plain on which grew very scattered
bushes, a great deal like the sparser mesquite growths of Arizona.
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