Ways and Means 



at Entebbe, to find these dusky belles still minus 

 the conventional fig-leaf, and the husbands each 

 wearing the strip of nice, clean, white merikani as 

 a turban round their heads. She gave it up ! 

 That, I believe, is an absolute fact. 



Another part of the country now claims our 

 attention as a shooting-ground, and one well 

 worth going to, but it will take more time and 

 trouble than any of the former localities. That 

 is round Kilimanjaro, and up the German boun- 

 dary to Lake Natron. This expedition entails 

 more expense as well, but considering the quantity 

 of game, and the different varieties to be met 

 with en route, it is worth the whole lot put to- 

 gether. One should provide oneself with a 

 German licence to shoot in their territory, how- 

 ever, as, after leaving Kilimanjaro, British terri- 

 tory is barred, owing to its being a reserve. 

 This is easily done, and it is inexpensive. One 

 should engage one's porters at Mombasa, if it is 

 found impossible to obtain any at Voi Station, where 

 one leaves the railway. This information can be 

 obtained by writing to the official at Voi, who 

 will tell you whether or not any porters are offer- 

 ing their services at the time. They will probably 

 be Wateita if there are any, and they aren't bad 

 in this barren, stony country. A letter should also 

 be written to the British collector at Taveta, on 

 the south-eastern slopes of Kilimanjaro, to engage 

 porters there, which can easily be accomplished. 



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