Big Game Shooting 



are only so many children, and the old maxim, 

 "Anything for a quiet life," is fully borne out 

 here. One thing more : the aim and object of 

 the shooting party will probably be a trip to Lake 

 Baringo or, shorter, to the Tana River. At any 

 rate, there are good places to pick out at first, 

 preferably the former. Starting on that supposi- 

 tion, the porters who would have been engaged 

 before the trial trip above-mentioned would have 

 to be suited to these districts. For this reason 

 the local porters to be obtained in Nairobi are 

 excellent — i.e. Wanyamwezi from beyond Lake 

 Victoria, who have carried loads half their lives, 

 and will go on doing so till the end of the 

 chapter — with a large proportion of Wakikuyu as 

 well. The prefix "wa," I may mention, denotes 

 the plural of a " person," and therefore, in most 

 cases, the whole tribe. Wakikuyu are wild, but 

 first-rate and cheap into the bargain, and the fact 

 of their being engaged to go somewhere near 

 their own country, and not to a far land, will 

 keep them happy and contented. 



We will take the trip to Lake Baringo first. 

 Pack them all in the train and take your tickets 

 for Nakuru, and on arrival, after about a ten 

 hours' journey, during which the scenery is 

 magnificent, pitch camp for your entourage close 

 by the railway, and repair yourself to dine and 

 sleep in the Station Dak Bungalow. The first 

 day's march is round the Menengai crater — which 



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