Ways and Means 



On the return journey, one having spied out the 

 land, as I said before, one can choose one's own 

 route, but I should recommend retracing one's 

 steps to Lanjoro Dis in any case, as one gets 

 another chance at one of the problematical lesser 

 kudu, which are so few and far between, so shy, 

 and so hard to meet. Mind, this whole trek is 

 certain to be a hard one, and more expensive than 

 any of the others ; but it will be found hard to 

 beat anywhere in the Protectorate, and if one can 

 carry it through, it should be a very big feather in 

 one's cap. The northern slopes of Kilimanjaro 

 will have furnished good sport. Below Lanjoro 

 Dis one will have met with a shy and rare animal, 

 and on the shores of Lake Natron the climax will 

 have been reached in the shape of buffalo. Of 

 course, all this is from a more or less economical 

 point of view, that is, to avoid a useless expenditure 

 of vast sums of money when it can possibly be 

 got over by playing round such corners as the 

 splitting up of one's caravan to make a food depot 

 for the return journey, so as to enable one to 

 travel further at the least possible cost. Arrived 

 at Erok on the way back, one sees the highest 

 mountain in Africa from a new aspect. I have 

 tried my hardest to go into a sort of ecstasy over 

 this elsewhere. I will not repeat it, but all I say 

 is — go and see. Perfectly wonderful ! 



From here a " divarsion," as the Irish have 

 it, may be made in one's return journey. It is 



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