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may account for it. Camp on R. Tugenon.
[[underlined]] Nov 2. [[/underlined]] Breakfast at 4:15, started at 5:30. Trekked straight into Kerachi about 12 or 13 miles. Arrived there at 10:45. A good road but a good deal of uphill work. Looked up the district Commissioner & came on here about 1 1/2 hrs & encamped [[strikeout]] Nara laro W[[/strikeout]] on the Kiriswa R. Not very hot and cloudy. Saw no game at all. Hope to get to Kisii in 2 1/2 days. Lovely Country.
[[underlined]] Nov 3. [[/underlined]] Alarm failed to wake us, so did not get off till 6:15. Marched about 13 or 14 miles. Same sort of country though the jungle is a bit denser. A good road or rather track. Jungle much too thick for game of any sorts. A good quantity of birds though they dont show up. Some delightful flowering shrubs & flowering weeds. Crossed 3 nice little rivers. Cloudy weather, so fairly cool. Must be 7000 or 8000 ft up. Sun very hot when it is out - but not surprising so near Equator. Tremendous thunderstorm for about 2 hours. Then we saw such a place for flies, spiders, ants & every kind of creeping thing.
[[underline]] Nov 4 [[/underline]]
Up at 4:30 & start at 5:30 when just enough light to see to march. Gradually get clear of the Jungle into more open country till we eventually get in to beautiful

Transcription Notes:
Fairly certain it says "3 nice little rivers" as, the v, e, & r look the same in that word as they do in "very" a few sentences later.