Big Game Shooting 



worth while thinking over, as instead of the long 

 trek back to the railway at Voi via Taveta once 

 more, one can reach Kiu Station in five days 

 through the reserve, but full of the most truculent 

 rhino to be found anywhere. And there are 

 plenty of them ! March north, skirting the foot 

 of Erok, to the Elemobarasha Hills, and thence 

 any Masai guide will lead you to the railway. But 

 you will find the rhino a considerable nuisance. 

 I met several, and had to stand on guard over 

 them till the whole caravan had passed, in case 

 they took it into their heads to make a bolt for 

 the caravan ; and even then I once heard a bang 

 from a rifle in front, which meant that another 

 was making his presence felt. So close as that ! 

 They fairly swarmed — so much so that two miles 

 from the station I saw three, two old ones and a 

 young 'un, not more than three-quarters of a mile 

 away. If this latter march is decided upon to get 

 back to civilization once more, the food supply 

 will be largely affected, as it may enable one to go 

 further afield in the first place, and save rations 

 and therefore expense secondly, and one might 

 very well spend a profitable week in the neigh- 

 bourhood before returning. This last trek to 

 Kiu should only be attempted in order to stay 

 longer on the shooting ground, as one can only 

 shoot a rhino on the way in strict self-defence. 

 Don't cut down things too fine, however, as one 

 is almost sure to regret it when one has reached 



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