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By the Njiri Lakes 



it was hard for the native hunter to l)ao' much g-amc But 

 with starthng rapidity all this ephenK-ral \'(JL(etati()n withered. 

 The waters dried up, the: crreen faded away, and once aoain 

 the aninials went hack to the oases which thev make 

 their winter cjuarters durinf^ the k'n^- periods ot' drought. 

 The swampdrequentino- birds found a feast spread out for 

 them, however, upon the Njiri Lakes, now slowly subsiding" 



IN IHE RAINY SKASOX THE VELT WAS FLOODED 



and leaving behind them a wealth of floating and seed- 

 bearing plants. 



Lnmense flocks of geese and ducks covered the surface 

 of the lakes. On the banks were clustered thousands of 

 o;nus and zebras ; and, come hither from the furthest 

 limits of the velt, rhinoceroses found their way into 

 their accustomed drinking-places among the reeds ; while 

 waterbuck. hartebeests, gazelles, and a few buffaloes had 



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