Identifier: discoveryoflakes02hhne2 (find matches)
Title: Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von
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Publisher: London : Longmans, Green & Co
Contributing Library: Natural History Museum Library, London
Digitizing Sponsor: Natural History Museum Library, London

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eam. During the march the Count shot awild boar and Kharscho two small crocodiles, so that the menuwas a little varied to-day. The pangs of hunger had cured themen of their daintiness, and wild boar and crocodiles, togetherwith the undigested fish in the stomachs of the latter, were alleagerly devoured. Donkeys flesh, however, still remainedliar am, or forbidden. When we woke the next morning we found, to our greatastonishment, that the bed of the river had become filled withwater during the night, rain having fallen in the region of itssource, as if on purpose to supply our needs. The next days march brought us near Ngaboto, a littleagricultural Turkana settlement, but we did not actually reachthe most northerly village, Kisimay, until the next morning;that is to say, after seven days march along the Trrawell. Thewildest excitement prevailed as soon as the starving mencaught sight of the waving, half-ripe corn. Without a murmurthey had marched for nine days with scarcely any food but
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VILLAGES OF NGABOTO 263 berries and figs, and their joy can be imagined as they hasteneddown to the dasturi camping-place. Their sense of humour,long crushed by privation, awoke once more, and one of theporters, Jibu wadi Kombo by name, was very amusing. Allahakbar! he exclaimed, I never thought we should ever seedhurra again, and really lately the perpetual grass diet wevehad to put up with has made me think it really would havebeen better to have been born an ass ! We camped opposite to a little village close to the riverbeneath the shade of some big trees. We soon received a visitfrom the natives, who belong to the Turkana tribe, and cultivatedhurra, with gourds and tobacco, in fields alongside of theriver. Tobacco, however, seemed to be scarce just now, as wewere perpetually asked for tumbao. Ngaboto, like Ndorobbo and Elmolo, means poor fellowswithout any cattle, and originally the name was appropriateenough, but the natives here now own a few animals, chieflygoats and sheep, whi

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