Big Game Shooting 



of the march, to show you where water is to be 

 found. On leaving the camp under the hill it is 

 best to go hard, of course shooting oryx, if you 

 come across one with a big enough head, on the 

 way — and there are plenty there — to a craggy hill, 

 Shombole, at the north end of Lake Natron, which 

 is unmistakable. The lower left-hand slope is all 

 right, and for the last five miles before reaching it 

 oryx callotis, eland, and the rare Waller's gazelle, 

 the latter in considerable numbers, will be met with, 

 and it is to be hoped taken on in single combat. 



Lake Natron is a soda lake, and the water 

 quite undrinkable, but the aforesaid Wandorrobo 

 guide will make that all right by leading you to 

 a spring near the foot of the mountain. Once 

 there, sit down for as long as food will last, and 

 shoot the above-mentioned animals, as well as 

 wildebeest, in large herds, rhino, buffalo in the 

 reed-beds round the lake in quantities, water- 

 buck (big ones), ostrich, and the commoner 

 animals if necessary, bohor reed-buck, impalah, 

 and giraffe, if you care to. If it can be managed, 

 go farther afield, quite high, and scale the heights 

 of Sambu to Ndesegara, or as near it as possible 

 on the top to try for roan, which abound in large 

 herds ; but it is most probable that food is becom- 

 ing a serious question by this time, and it will be 

 all one can do to get back to Erok and the 

 plenteous supply which you hope and trust will 

 be there to meet you. 



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