CHAPTER II 
THE SEFARI 
EFARI is the name used all over East Africa for 
what in the West we call “outfit” — the men you 
take along to enable you to prosecute your journey, or 
procure your sport. The pleasure and success of an 
East African trip, depend more on a well-chosen and 
well-managed sefari, than on anything else, more, even, 
than on the perseverance and skill of the sportsman or 
traveller. 
If a hunting trip of three or four months is all that 
the visitor to East Africa feels inclined to undertake, the 
sort of life I try to describe in this article cannot be fully 
enjoyed. It takes time to see this strange and beautiful 
country, and it takes time, and even considerable trouble, 
to come into any real touch with its tribes. 
But a most enjoyable trip can be had, and very good 
shooting as well, in even three or four months; and the 
best arrangement to make is to put yourself in the hands 
of either Messrs. Newland, Tarlton & Company, or the 
Boma Outfitting Company, both of Nairobi. Write some 
months, if possible, before, saying how much time you 
can afford, what you want to shoot, where you want to go, 
and how much you are prepared to spend. On arriving 
at Nairobi you will find things ready for you, and in a 
few days you can take the field. 
If you only intend taking short trips of a few days’ 
duration along the railroad line, you will not need a sefari 
of more than twenty men all told. If you want good 
shooting, and wish to try for elephant, lion, etc., you must 
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