Ways and Means 



Nairobi ; preferably over the plains, as it is shorter, 

 or by the Fort Hall road, through the Kikuyu 

 Forest, past all the settlers' houses, which is 

 a very pretty, though roundabout, way. The 

 plain is full of lion, as well as Coke's hartebeest, 

 zebra, Grant's and Thomson's gazelle, with every 

 chance of a rhino, and possibly a small water- 

 buck, not worth shooting, on the last two days. 

 As a matter of fact Coke's hartebeest heads 

 hardly seem to vary at all in size anywhere, but 

 Grant's and Thomson's gazelles are smallish here, 

 and the animals are very wild, as this is a very 

 favourite trip for shooting parties, and lots of 

 animals are shot at, particularly in the case of the 

 latter, so as to get them off one's hands, and not 

 have to bother about them later, when rarer and 

 bigger game are on foot. 



I would strongly recommend this as a trial 

 trip for the reasons I gave before, as on reaching 

 Nairobi after this short time lots of porters can be 

 got rid of and replaced. It will be found that 

 several are constitutionally weak, lots will have 

 gone sick, and others will have had a scrimmage 

 with their headman, and so will have to be drafted 

 out as nuisances. On a long "safari," as it is 

 called, everything ought to go like clockwork, 

 and there should be no interference with the 

 authority of the headman on any consideration 

 whatever. It also gives the porters an oppor- 

 tunity of getting to know their master. They 



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