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Excerpt from Recent Travel and Adventure
In the first part of his journey the road stretched over the undulating country of Duruma, which is densely covered with bush and tangle, alternating with thorny scrub. Here and there were to be seen settlements of miserable natives waging war with nature and eking out a poor existence, Often face to face with famine, and flying before the con quering Masai tribe. On the third day's journey all trace of population was left behind; instead of bush they were surrounded by thorns and gnarled trees, and the soil was a glaring red sand. Not a drop of water was to be found save in small holes filled with recent rains, and this was muddy and undrinkable. Crossing this uninhabited plain, its monotony was exchanged for picturesque isolated mountains rising to a height varying from three hundred to seven thousand feet, with cool breezes and sparkling rills. Mr Thomson climbed one of these mountains, which proved to be over five thousand feet high.
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