As Our Train Sped Onwards Through The
Level Uplands We Saw A Fine Ostrich Striding Along
Parallel With The Line,
As if having a race with us.
Dr. McCulloch at once seized his rifle and by a
lucky shot brought
Down the huge bird; the next
and greater difficulty, however, was to secure the
prize. For a time the engine-driver took no
notice of our signals and shouts, but at last we
succeeded in attracting his attention, and the
train was shunted back to where the ostrich had
fallen. We found it to be an exceptionally fine
specimen, and had to exert all our strength to
drag it on board the train.
Soon after this we reached Voi, about a hundred
miles from the coast, and as this was the most
important station on the line that we had yet come
to, we made a short halt in order to inspect some
construction work which was going on. On
resuming our journey, we soon discovered that a
pleasant change had occurred in the character of
the landscape. From a place called N'dii, the
railway runs for some miles through a beautifully
wooded country, which looked all the more
inviting after the deadly monotony of the wilderness
through which we had just passed. To the south
of us could be seen the N'dii range of mountains,
the dwelling-place of the Wa Taita people, while
on our right rose the rigid brow of the N'dungu
Escarpment, which stretches away westwards for
scores of miles.
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