HUNTING AND HUNTED IN BELGIAN CONGO 



chattering crowd of fruit vendors selling the produce of 

 the surrounding plantations. From here we got a lovely 

 view of Port Reitz and the Shimba Hills. We now 

 entered on our trip through Nature's zoo, steadily 

 rising to Voi, 1830 feet above sea-level, whence one can 

 generally obtain a glimpse of snow-capped Kilimanjaro, 

 19,000 feet high, away on the German frontier. 



Our next station was Tsavo, where during the railway 

 construction days the man-eating lions played havoc 

 among the coolies. We have seen game nearly all the 

 way from the coast, close to the train ; ostriches, gazelle, 

 zebra, blue wildebeeste, hyamas, giraffes, jackals, lions, 

 and rhinoceros are all living here. Far away in the sky 

 vultures hover over the carcass of some animal that the 

 king of beasts has recently struck down. It is, indeed, 

 a marvellous trip, one that no period of time can easily 

 efface from the memory. Every now and then the 

 engine whistle shrieked as a bunch of zebra or gazelle 

 stood on the permanent way not more than fifty feet from 

 the cow-catcher, kicking their heels in the air. Impala 

 frequently stood on the track, and only made off when 

 the engine was well-nigh on top of them. 



At one of the railway stations where there was a 

 refreshment-room I overheard the following conversation 

 between a young Dutch settler and the man in charge 

 of the catering department. The Dutchman said, " Have 

 you any cigarettes ? " " Yes ! " replied the man. ; ' Then 

 please to give for me one ounce of tobacco." Then he 

 remembered that the vrouw (wife) and child might also 

 require some refreshment, and asked, " Please to give 

 me some lemonade — no stay, I will have beer." ' We 

 have no beer," replied the man. " Very well," said the 

 other, " I will have one cups of tea and two cup of 

 coffee." 



Next morning we ran down the slope from Athi river 

 into Nairobi, a distance of sixteen miles, and entered 



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