With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



get back to the sea and to Europe, for, in view of my 

 weak condition aiter the fever, this was my intention at 

 the time. 



Down to the time of my illness I had had all kinds 

 of hunting experiences, but on my journey to Kikuyu 

 I had tew opportunities of sport, and I was in anv case 

 too feeble to undertake much in the way of exertion. 

 After we had attained the higher uplands my strength 

 began to come back to me — astonishingly quicklv. 

 indeed — and with this sudden improvement in my health 

 came back natural!) all my zest and keenness for 

 sport. 



Upon the desolate plateau of the Mau primeval forests, 

 with their endless bamboo-thickets, or in the woods 

 between the Naiwasha Lake and b\)rt Smith in Kikuvu, 

 I had not come across much in the way of wild life. 

 My ritle kept silence tor days together. 



On January 24th 1 enjoyed the hospitality of the 

 commander ot the English station, who (as is always the 

 pleasant custom in English colonies) not onK' in his 

 private capacity, but also officially, showed e\ery possible 

 consideration tor me and my caravan, lending us milking 

 cows, pro\iding us with donkeys and pro\isions, and 

 doing everything in his power to help us and turlher 

 our plans. 



Mr. llall, die commander of Eort .Smith in Kikuyu. 

 a man ol most attractive personalitx', is one ol the: most 

 experienced of African hunters, and is a sportsman ot the 

 right sort. W'c soon got talking of the one great theme 

 out there- — -big-game shooting. 



