WAYS AND MEANS 



A account of the various shooting-grounds 

 and districts, together with what game 

 may be expected to be met with, as 

 well as the best way of getting there, 

 may be useful, and also of interest. 



If I had to start off again I should, on landing 

 at Mombasa, spend as little time as possible there, 

 for the following reasons : the heat is always 

 steamy and feverish, and there is little or nothing 

 to be done by the sportsman who is probably keen 

 and eager to be off into the wilds. Two days 

 ought to suffice for the landing of one's rifles and 

 dutiable impedimenta, and getting them through 

 the customs, besides the shooting licence and the 

 engaging of a personal body servant. 



Then take the train and rattle up to Nairobi, 

 where one makes up one's caravan, buys stores, etc., 

 signs on the porters, gun-bearers, and headmen, 

 and last, but not least, gets advice and tips about 

 the country in general. Nairobi is also a very good 

 central position from which to make a start. It 

 is a very sound thing, if the sportsman intends 

 making so long a stay as four to six months 

 shooting in the country, to spend five days 



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