Introduction 



Dickinson endeavours to whitewash its-character, 

 there is no doubt that either from shortness of 

 sight or shortness of temper it has a way of 

 charging caravans, which is not only inconvenient 

 but dangerous. The elephant alone of the larger 

 mammals is rarely visible and, in the East Africa 

 Protectorate at any rate, keeps to the shelter of 

 forests or bushy country ; but wherever there is 

 a large sheet of water, and even in some quite 

 small rivers, the nose and ears of the hippo- 

 potamus may generally be seen protruding from 

 the surface. 



This profusion of animal life can of course be 

 preserved only by the rigid enforcement of the 

 game laws within the area of the reserves, where 

 no animals of any kind may be killed. Outside 

 these reserves sportsmen are allowed to kill a 

 limited amount of game, which is, however, 

 sufficient to provide specimens of all the heads 

 which any one is likely to desire. Besides the 

 species mentioned above the sportsman will 

 probably see Impalah, Oribi, Oryx, Roan, Water- 

 buck, Waller's Gazelle, and many others. The 

 two most beautiful antelopes, the Greater Kudu 

 and the Sable, are both somewhat rare, but the 

 former is found near Baringo and the latter on 

 the coast near Gazi. Travellers, however, are 

 likely to be attracted by the excellent climate and 

 beautiful scenery of the open country districts, 

 rather than by the tropical jungles of the coast. 



