ABSTRACT
WE left Taveta for Moche on August the 5th, about 8 a.m., and were accompanied by Muinyi Mbuana and party. The first part of our way lay through the “ leafy labyrinth “ of the forest, through which there had once been pretty good paths, but there was nothing of the kind now. The late doings of the Masai had alarmed even the Wataveta. An attempt had been made by those warriors to break through the forest, and they had only been repulsed with difficulty. Open paths being regarded as too tempting to the Masai, they had all been purposely closed. This had been most effectually done by cutting the trees at varying heights almost through the bole, and causing them to fall across the path, making such a complete barricade that it was with the utmost difficulty that we made any progress.
