Big Game Shooting 



I hardly venture to offer any opinion as to which 

 are the best localities for sport. When I was in 

 the Protectorate about two years ago, it was 

 generally considered that the greatest variety, 

 if not the greatest quantity of game, was to be 

 found either in the scrub-covered plains between 

 Voi and Taveta, or in the open country between 

 Nakuru and Baringo. 



Sport in East Africa can hardly be said to be 

 within the reach of a poor man unless he is 

 a resident, in which case opportunities will occur 

 without much expense ; but the traveller must face 

 a certain outlay in connection with the equipment 

 of his caravan, and is warned not to be too 

 Spartan or to run risks of exposure, for, excellent 

 as the climate is, the dangers of both sunstroke 

 and chill are very real and very terrible to the 

 imprudent. Financially East African travelling 

 has this advantage, that you know the expense 

 beforehand. The cost of a caravan can be calcu- 

 lated, and once it is paid for, it is impossible to 

 spend money when on the march. 



Captain Dickinson treats not only of sport, but 

 also of the scenery of the Protectorate, which is 

 as remarkable as its fauna. Those who have 

 seen the dome of Kilimanjaro in the evening 

 light, or looked from some neighbouring height 

 across the wide, windy hollows of the Rift Valley 

 or the course of the Kerio River, will understand 

 his enthusiasm for East African landscapes and 



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