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thing about the stopping. She was bounding along though 
much distressed, and in the very middle, as it were, of her 
stride, stopped with quite extraordinary quickness, and then 
never moved. Cheetahs are not dangerous, and I rode her 
as close as I could. She lay down broadside on, crouching 
till shot. 
I have made little reference to any but the dangerous 
game of the Nzoia country, as in its pursuit I was chiefly 
interested, but its splendid water-buck, and the fine brush- 
buck that are still abundant along the banks of its marshy 
Trivers, carry trophies that can seldom be equalled. Here 
alone the kobus kob is found; and reed-buck are larger 
and more plentiful than anywhere I have been. 
I had no idea that buffalo were to be found amid the 
Cherangang mountains and in Elgoa country, till my second 
sefari to those parts. When I did get to know the wildmen, 
and had the inestimable advantage of their experience, 
I was limited for time; and the short grass season, during 
which it would have been quite easy to secure all the buffalo 
I wanted, was over. We made afterward a very long and 
unsuccessful journey especially to kill buffalo, whereas if we 
had been in touch with the N’dorobo at that time, we 
had all we needed within two days’ march of our camp. 
This again illustrated one of the greatest difficulties 
the sportsman must meet in the country. It is new; no 
man knows it yet. The district commissioners, who are 
usually capable and hard-working men, have not had time 
to learn their districts, or even to meet, much less know, 
the tribes they have been appointed to rule. Mr. A. 
B. Percival, the head game ranger, and his two assistant 
rangers are active and indefatigable in their efforts to 
accomplish the impossible tasks set them. But how can 
three men, even if they commanded the services of a per- 
fectly equipped airship, oversee such a country of mountain, 
desert, swamp, Sahara, and forest as B. E. A. A country 
