UNKNOWN LAND 



probably be attended with considerable difficulty. 

 Little is known of the country to the north of the 

 Sabaki River and east of the Yata Plateau. Good 

 sport might be expected in any of these parts. 

 Farther north there is a large tract of unexplored 

 country due east of Marsabit, and between that place 

 and Wajheir and even farther to the Juba River. 

 However, a considerable amount of work is being 

 accomplished in those regions by officers in the 

 K.A.R., and by officials. But probably the most 

 important work still remaining to be done is the 

 thorough exploration of the country between Lake 

 Rudolf and the Nile, although, strictly speaking, this 

 is not included in the East African Protectorate at 

 all ; it would prove an exceedingly interesting journey, 

 no doubt, but the waterless and arid nature of the 

 country might prove a very serious difficulty. 



Now that the hio^hlands are so over-crowded 

 with tourist-sportsmen and amateur travellers, it is 

 pleasing to remember that there are still large areas 

 in East Africa where it is possible for a brief space 

 to pass out of the limits of civilisation and enter a 

 land as yet untouched, and mix with natives as yet 

 unspoiled. It is devoutly to be hoped that this state 

 of things may continue, and it is probable that the 

 nature of these reofions will forbid their immediate 

 settlement, and their inaccessibility and the hardships 

 entailed by a near acquaintance with them will, at 

 any rate, temporarily frighten away the big-game 

 shooter. 



In looking back on an expedition, the recollections 

 of the discomforts, that every traveller in the remoter 

 parts of the world must of necessity endure, seem 

 inevitably to sink into insignificance compared with 



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