Ways and Means 



is now extinct, but full of big rhino and mote 

 or less inaccessible leaving it on one's left. The 

 herds of hartebeest seen dotting the plains here 

 should be violently pursued, and with infinite 

 care, as this is one of the few places one comes 

 across Neumann's hartebeest ; so they should 

 not be missed, especially as one loses them alto- 

 gether two days' march ahead, and Jackson's 

 variety takes their place. The second day one 

 will camp near a large marsh I forget its name, 

 but it cannot be mistaken, as one can see a broad 

 expanse of water and reeds on the left, not far 

 from the Molo River. It is worth trying in the 

 evening for a big water-buck. The following day 

 Lake Solai will be reached, and a day's stay here 

 will be amply repaid by a go at duck and snipe, 

 to replenish the larder with some toothsome 

 morsels, and Jackson's hartebeest into the bar- 

 gain. This valley, I believe, is now very much 

 settled, but that should not make any difference 

 to speak of with regard to shooting on the high 

 road to Baringo, which this is. 



From here there are two routes onward : one 

 on the left of the valley past Lake Hannington, 

 which is full of flamingoes, and stinks for miles 

 around, presumably on account of the droppings 

 of these birds ; and the other on the right, or 

 east of the valley. I recommend the latter, as 

 there is very much less traffic this way, and 

 consequently game is more plentiful, whilst on 



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