Big Game Shooting 



The camp was pitched in an open glade on a 

 bend of the Guaso Nyiro River, which runs into a 

 soda lake some ten miles away in German territory, 

 called Lake Natron. Tents had been discarded 

 long a£o, both on account of the heat and also in 

 order that they should not be worn out with un- 

 necessary use. Instead we built ourselves large and 

 airy houses of grass, thatched on a big framework 

 of poles. The houses were some sixteen feet 

 high, topped with a long ridge-pole, and about 

 thirty feet long, thus giving plenty of space for a 

 bedroom and sitting-room in one, and ample 

 accommodation for one's boxes of food, general 

 baggage, and trophies of the chase. The huts 

 were open at both ends, to allow of a free passage 

 of air riorht through. 



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My domicile is shown in the accompanying 

 photograph. The grass has been cut all round 

 forming rude paths, and a buffalo head is drying in 

 the sun. One has to sleep under a mosquito curtain. 

 The winged pests appeared regularly at sundown, 

 and kept up their maddening music till next morn- 

 ing. There was no getting away from them. 



This was a splendid shooting centre, the 

 country simply swarming with antelopes of 

 various species, buffalo, giraffe, rhinoceros, and 

 partridges. After one has fed on venison for a 

 time a bird is a great relief from the tough steaks 

 and legs, however nicely they may be disguised by 

 a good cook. 



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