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"No more will we make camp when the sun is only a few hours high," he surmised. Kingozi looked at him. "You and I have handled many safaris, Cazi Moto," he replied. Delays from these causes ceased, but other delays supervened. Never were the reasons for them attributable to accident; but they were more numerous than ordinarily. Kingozi said nothing.
In course of time you pay the price, and in our case it seemed reasonable, when one considers the work and worry involved. Most English sportsmen come out in October and November, after which time the shooting is at its height. Two years ago there were sixty safaris, or shooting expeditions, sent out from Nairobi. When we left, late in September, there were about thirty.
But there was the indubitable secret map, and the indubitable concealment of purpose; and to Kingozi's mind the indubitable attempt to make travelling so tedious that he would split safaris and permit her to go alone. This led to another conclusion. He could not see the reason for it all, but one thing was clear: she must not even now be allowed to take her own course.
He wanted to be a vegetarian but at times he thought that he almost lapped up the grease like a starving dog. When he finished, he found himself on one of his first safaris to a gay sauna. Once there, he took off his shoes at the front desk and collected a key and a toothbrush. Then he went upstairs.
Kingozi went ahead with his preparations, laying in potio, examining kits, preparing in every way his compact little caravan for the long journey before it. Then something happened. He changed his mind and decided to combine safaris with the Leopard Woman. For several nights the plain below the plateau had been a sea of moonlight, white, ethereal, fragile as spun glass.
I asked him some questions and I relate briefly the interview I had with him: Rahul: Is it possible to have a ranger give you a private guided tour within the Banargatta Wildlife Sanctuary? Parmeswarappa: I'm afraid not. There are only routine safaris for visitors. But if you like you can meet Mr Venkatesh, Deputy Conservator of Forests and give him my reference.
The latter vehemently denied having spoken a word to them. Day's marches were shortened because the woman could not stand long ones. Kingozi found it a great bother to travel with a woman. Nevertheless, he made no attempts to separate the safaris. He had been watching closely.
By the end of this time the combined safaris had progressed out into the unknown country about a normal three weeks' journey. The rest was delay. They had ventured out into the plain as into an enchanted sea. The mountains had dropped below the horizon behind them; none had as yet arisen before. The veldt ran in long, low undulations, so that always they walked up or down gentle slopes.
They probably needed the demonstration most native tribes seem to require before they are content to settle down and be happy. At any rate safaris were not permitted in their district; and we ourselves were allowed to go through merely because we were a large party, did not intend to linger, and had a good reputation with natives.
From the experiences of these two safaris, one might reasonably conclude that any time is good except February, March and April, the season of the "big rains." Heat On the Athi Plains in September, we found the heat in the middle of the day to be very ardent, to say the least.
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