THE BIG GAME OF AFRICA 



leopard, eland, girafife, the beautiful topi, impalla, Grant's 

 gazelle, and a number of small antelopes, wart hogs, and 

 hyenas. 



By going a few days in a west-northwest direction the 

 safari reaches the Kisii country, where elephants, buffa- 

 loes, and even roan antelopes, as well as hippos, bush and 

 reed bucks can be had. From there the caravan generally 

 emerges out of the jungle either by marching to Kisumu, 

 on the Victoria Nyanza, or by returning via the Kericho 

 boma to the Lumbwa railroad station. Such a tour of 

 both Sotik and Kisii can be easily made in from six weeks 

 to three months, and is among the very finest hunting 

 trips imaginable. The climate is good and healthy until 

 the party reaches the country near the great lake, where 

 special care has to be taken in regard to malaria mos- 

 quitoes and the deadly sleeping-sickness fly. But by re- 

 turning from the Kisii forest by way of Kericho and 

 Lumbwa one escapes these latter two evils entirely. 



Great care should also be taken in providing for 

 enough food, or " posho," for the men during this trip, 

 as it is very hard to secure any new supply after leaving 

 the railroad until the Kisii boma is reached, which may 

 take from three to five weeks, according to the time spent 

 on and around the Sotik and Loita plains. 



Many other good hunting grounds may be mentioned 

 here, such as, for instance, the partly waterless Seringetti 

 Plains, between Voi station and the big snow mountain 

 Kilimanjaro. Then the half-opened bush country near the 

 stations Simba, Sultan Hamud, and Muhuroni, near which 

 last-named place the beautiful roan antelope may be easily 

 bagged. But none of these places begin to compare with 



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