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park like Country well wooded with small trees. The Country seems fairly thickly populated by the Kissii people who have herds of cattle & sheeps goats grazing about. They are fine Savages, but not quite so fine as the Lamburas we met. All the young men carry spears & do not wear much but a single string of beads round the waist. The women wear a blanket and a good many bracelets and ornaments. Marched with only one break of 5 minutes till 12 noon. The Porters went better today. Very Cloudy weather so consequently not too hot. We are now encamped on a very pretty spot on the Kipsenoi River - though of course we are down in a hole and there may be mosquitoes. [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] We are in an open spot on the bank surrounded by jungle. Saw no game at all today. Hope to reach Kisii tomorrow but [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] expect it will be a very toug trek.

[[underlined]] Nov 5. [[/underlined]] up at 4·30, Marched at 5·30. Reached Mabasi about 10·45 & halted as no water within several hours. Badish going & very hilly. Quite open country but the grass is long & [[rank?]] & a good deal of short scrub. Disappointed not to get to Kisii, but hope to reach it in 6 hours tomorrow. Seen no game yet except 1 Bush buck.

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* the only place/people name I'm sure of is "Kisii"