Io8 THE GAME OI" BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 



for they live in thick bush, grass, or forest on the edges of such plains, and, 

 mostly, only at night venture into the open in search of grass. 



If the reader has hoped to hear of some new plains as shooting resorts he 

 will be disappointed. It is not possible to overlook such a thing as a large open 

 plain when travelling through the country, and so all the plains at all close to the 

 administrated portions of the Protectorate are well known and much frequented 

 by the numberless sportsmen who visit the country. 



Farther afield from these administrated portions are still many haunts of 

 plain-dwelling game as yet little known or scarcely visited. To shoot in these, 

 however, a combination of difficulties has to be overcome, such as providing 

 armed escort, obtaining official sanction to proceed outside the administrated 

 territories, and, lastly, arrangements for food and the finding of water. 



