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which we crossed higher up on the way here in 

 the swing-bridge. Here we come to Hippoland. 

 There is a small herd in the big pools of the 

 Tana here, but when shot they are hard to get 

 out, as the banks are so steep. Here I counted 

 five rhino one morning, when sitting on the bluff 

 where the camp was pitched over the river, eating 

 my "chota hazri," as it is called in India. There 

 are buffalo, too, in the thick bush by the river- 

 side. Quite recently a fine head was picked up 

 by a friend in this neighbourhood, close by the 

 skull of a lion, evidently showing that there had 

 been a battle royal between the two, and that 

 both had succumbed to their efforts. 



From this point one has the choice of two 

 routes : one rather farther afield, on to Kitui, 

 and thence to Nairobi, the other round the hills 

 to the right, making one's way by Donyo Sabuk 

 to Nairobi. I doubt if the former will repay the 

 sportsman to any very great degree, and it is 

 somewhere on the latter road that an American 

 friend shot the second-best eland. This species 

 will be found, I think, in only small quantities 

 hereabouts, so I should, on the whole, recommend 

 a return to Nairobi by the latter route, to try and 

 pick one up, added to which he will have more 

 time to spare afterwards for another trip. 



Food for the porters will have to be carried as 

 far as Kitui on the first route, as one can buy 

 more there, but about the same amount for the 



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