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game that are to be met in the country, in the 

 following sense : — 



They may be roughly found in the same place 

 every day at a certain time of the day. That is 

 to say, in the morning they are feeding in a 

 certain place, in the afternoon at another, and in 

 the evening it is almost sure that they will be in 

 a third place. If one can find out where these 

 places are, one may be saved trouble, by not 

 disturbing the herd if one does not want that 

 particular kind of head; and getting a herd on 

 the run means that it gives notice to the sur- 

 rounding jungle, to a certain extent, that some 

 one is about. 



PORTERS 



A few words on porters will, I hope, not come 

 amiss. 



Wanyamwezi and the real old Swahili are paid 

 ten rupees a month and "posho" (rations); 

 Wakamba, five rupees a month and "posho" ; 

 Wakikuyu, four rupees and "posho." The last 

 named do not like going very far from their own 

 country, and will not go to a waterless country ; 

 and if they are not dismissed in two months or 

 so, in order that they may get home, they will 

 possibly bolt and leave the shooting-party badly 

 hung up. 



Wakamba do not mind where they go, but 

 as they live east of Nairobi, they are hardly 



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