CSS A SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



long sLretrhes of stone-studded velt between, was the nearest point 

 of civilization to Colonel Roosevelt on his hunting expedition to 

 the norih of Mombasa. 



Naivasha used to be a great cattle center, because it was the 

 headquarters of the Masai tribe, and when the British took posses- 

 sion they profited by this circumstance to make Naivasha the chief 

 point of a district. But now business has moved down to Nairobi 

 and officialdom moved up to Nakura, on the lake of the same name, 

 between Naivasha and Lake Victoria Nyanza, and Naivasha has 

 left to it only its delightful climate, since its altitude of 6000 feet 

 makes it tolerable even at midday, and at night a strong, cool breeze 

 always springs up. 



Best of all is its beautiful lake, also called Naivasha, with the 

 volcano Longanot to one side and around it broad plains leading to 

 tall distant mountains hemming it in on every side like the rim of a 

 gigantic basin. 



The lake is believed to be the crater of an old volcano, and 

 scientists say that once it must have reached the distant mountains 

 which shaped its bed, for many rocks now ten miles away from the 

 waters of the lake are marked by the wear of mighty waters. 



LAKE NAIVASHA AN OLD VOLCANIC CRATER. 



Now it is very different, and w^hile Lake Naivasha is eight 

 miles across, no soundings have proved it to be more than thirty 

 feet deep, although it is probable that at difTerent points there are 

 rifts in the bottom of the old crater forming its bed which give it 

 considerable depth. The shores, principally on the Naivasha side, 

 are skirted with papyrus swamp and water lilies, the water being 

 so shallow and the vegetation so thick that even w4iere tlie shore 

 is more or less free from papyrus one must wade out to a rowboat 

 which cannot cjuite come in, and then go in the rowboat to a sailboat 

 if one intends to go sailing. 



Lake Naivasha boasts two or three little sailing boats, belong- 

 ing to settlers along its banks, but its principal source of pride is a 

 steam launch belonging to Commander Attenborough. 



Four miles from Naivasha is the great Masai village, where 



