In our expedition to Mount Elgon we encountered only two places where the mark of civilization showed--Eldoma Ravine and Sergoi.

In the former place the only white man was the subcommissioner, and in the latter there was one policeman, and a general store kept by a South African.

A number of Boer settlers are scattered over the plateau, trying to reclaim little sections of land from its primitive state.
Between Sergoi and Londiani, on the railroad, ninety miles south, there is one little store where caravans may buy food for porters and some of the simpler necessities that white men may require.

All the rest of the country for thousands of square miles is given up to the lion and zebra and the vast herds of antelope that feed upon the rich grass of the plateau.
Yet in spite of the sparsity of settlement the native runner manages to find you, even after days of traveling, without compass or directions to aid him.
[Photograph: By courtesy of W.D.Boyce.

An Askari Who Looked Like a Tragedian] [Photograph: By courtesy of W.D.Boyce.