Mandy who was born lent me out a great chunk of boiled mutton, a slice of cheese and a piece of dough fried in mutton fat, shaped like the sole of a shoe. This were helped on my hands and ride off with many "sais" of farewell. Aug 17 I rode up to S D's to make definite arrange- ments for the hunting trip & they agreed to go next morning. It is a continued source of annoyance true for he is so informally independent that I never can tell whether he will go or not when he says, he will. Day 18 We started at 9 p.m. with Mr. Chen Juma, S.D. the young hunter and rode up, the rovaly into north, for about 3 mi. then turned west over the net range (Kagasis) rasta. We came down an immense forest while studdles in an almost numberless line to the south went as far as we could see it was almost as dark as a wall and would be an impossible place in which to hunt for one could not see more than 50 feet in any direction. After Mr at last turned until now a wide valley and at once the country changed, on the east side of it was [newground] [illegible] hillside well patched with [forest?] an ideal place in which to hunt rapiti's. we followed it for about 4 miles and camped in a pretty grove of spruce on a little island formed by a division of the stream. it was evidently a favorite spot for them