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had one of the noted professional Imnters of East 

 Africa, Mr. H. Judd ; and Judd was kind enough to 

 take me out hunting almost every day that we were 

 at Juja. We would breakfast at dawn, and leave the 

 farm about the time that it grew light enough to see. 

 Ordinarily our course was eastward, toward the Athi, a 

 few miles distant. These morning rides were very beau- 

 tiful. In our front was the mountain mass of Donyo 

 Sabuk, and the sun rose behind it, flooding the heavens 

 with gold and crimson. The morning air blew fresh in 

 our faces, and the unshod feet of our horses made no 

 sound as they trod the dew-drenched grass. On every 

 side game stood to watch us — herds of hartebeests and 

 zebras, and now and then a herd of wildebeests or a few 

 straggling old wildebeest bulls. Sometimes the zebras 

 and kongoni were very shy, and took fright when we 

 were yet a long way off; at other times they would 

 stand motionless, and permit us to come within fair 

 gunshot, and after we had passed we could still see 

 them regarding us witliout their having moved. The 

 wildebeests were warier ; usually, when we were yet a 

 quarter of a mile or so distant, the herd, which had been 

 standing with heads up, their short, shaggy necks and 

 heavy withers giving the animals an unmistakable 

 look, would take fright, and, with heavy curvets and 

 occasional running in semicircles, would make off, heads 

 held down and long tails lashing the air. 



In the open woods which marked the border between 

 the barren plains and the forested valley of the Athi, 

 Kermit and I shot waterbuck and impalla. The w^ater- 

 buck is a stately antelope with long, coarse grey hair 

 and fine carriage of the head and neck ; the male alone 

 carries horns. We found them usually in parties of ten 

 or a dozen, both of bulls and cows ; but sometimes a 



