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as I know. Mr. Dann, of the K.A.R.'s, shot one shortly 

 before our arrival. It charged him in some thick 

 bush but was stopped by a timely bullet. The 

 following are its measurements as he gave them 

 to me : 



Height at shoulder .... 34| inches. 

 Length, tip of nose to tip of tail . .77 



Girth (dressed) 57 



Weight (quite clean) . . . .265 Ibs. 



It would have weighed somewhere about 325 Ibs. 

 when alive. 



Somewhere within easy reach of the station dwelt 

 a tame but advanced lady of the suffragette order, 

 who recently, however, broke loose. We caught 

 a passing glimpse of her one day (which I felt fully 

 justified the use of the word "advanced"), and 

 incidentally a good snapshot, though I'm afraid it 

 would not do for reproduction. 



Here also we met the Old Pioneer and a wonder- 

 ful collection of stories. As we camped for a week 

 at Nyeri on our return I will say no more about 

 it at present. 



Our permits, which one must have to shoot in 

 this district, having been pronounced in order, we 

 left on the morning following our arrival. 



The road lay through varied country. A few 

 undulating hills covered with long grass led us 

 through strips of forest to farther hills beyond. 

 Here and there cultivated shambas told of the 



presence of some village, well hidden amongst the 



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