ABSTRACT
The tragedy that struck Herbert Henry Austin's 1900–1901 expedition to Lake Rudolf did little to deter others from traveling there. Wickenburg first visited Somaliland and Ethiopia in 1897, hoping to travel to the Omo River valley, down the western shore of the lake, and then on to Uganda. Wickenburg had scarcely left Djibouti when the French Vicomte Robert du Bourg de Bozas arrived there, intent on leading a scientific expedition to Lake Rudolf, the Nile, and the Congo. In mid-May, Maud reached the north end of Lake Rudolf, where the boundary was least in dispute thanks to Austin's 1898 treaties and flag placements. Zaphiro and his two dozen policemen patrolled the border from the Ganale River to Lake Rudolf, a distance of about 600 miles, and in so doing, brought the Ethiopian advance to a halt. He remained on the border for four years, during which he constructed posts.
