Henry Osmaston takes a bearing'. Accompanied by Suk porters, Henry Osmaston (Working Plans Officer of the Forest Department) stands at the base of a 'kituti' (cairn) marked with bamboo sticks, surveying Pcholio Peak in the Karasuk hills. Part of a forestry survey team, he uses a theodolite to locate and measure the distance to the next 'kituti'. Kenya, May 1959., East (Uganda), Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa.
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Henry Osmaston takes a bearing'. Accompanied by Suk porters, Henry Osmaston (Working Plans Officer of the Forest Department) stands at the base of a 'kituti' (cairn) marked with bamboo sticks, surveying Pcholio Peak in the Karasuk hills. Part of a forestry survey team, he uses a theodolite to locate and measure the distance to the next 'kituti'. Kenya, May 1959., East (Uganda), Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa.

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