Word: kisumu
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crocodile anything red and biteable is edible meat. Consequently, when Imperial Airways Ltd. began installing big, red, rubber buoys at stations in the Sudan and British East Africa (Malakal, Kampala, Kisumu) to moor their flying boats, crocodiles went for the buoys with enthusiasm, punctured and sank them. Last week, Imperial's engineers in London completed designs for a crocodile-proof buoy-a strong steel cylinder buffered with a semipneumatic fender impervious to tropic teeth...
...nose went down. They saw a herd of about 200 elephants of assorted sizes; then another, then a third. "Can you imagine our feelings? And funny none of us thought how grand a target they made. They looked so peaceful and contented. . . ." The Martin Johnsons were waiting at Kisumu (on Lake Victoria) with a big Sikorsky, flew them to the Nairobi ranch, amazed them with a dinner that any U.S. hostess might have been proud of- cocktails and caviar, soup, fish, roast turkey (the best I ever tasted), tiny new fresh peas, potatoes, salad, ice cream with strawberries and coffee...