88 THE GAME OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 



love for the plains, is fairly easy to shoot. The elephant requires hard work and, 

 where there is much spoor about, considerable nicety of tracking to bring him to bag. 

 He is nearly always found in very thick country where the winds are treacherous, and 

 he travels immense distances by night. The remaining three on the list rank 

 amongst the most alert and cunning of game. So of these five, four may be 

 considered as belonging more especially to the province of the hunter, whilst the 

 fifth, the rhino, is generally for the mere shooter's bag, but when found in bush 

 country becomes a dangerous customer, and so may equally belong to the province 

 of the hunter. 



