418 THE LAND OF THE LION 
Lieutenant-Governor Jackson is always ready to give 
to strangers the advantage of his unique experience. Those 
who are hoping to secure some uncommon species will 
find in him an invaluable ally. If you immediately rush 
away on sefari, then you must be content to take what you 
can get in the way of headmen, tentboy, gunbearers and 
porters. If you delay a little, and wait to gain knowledge 
and some experience, you are sure to come in contact with 
many who are both willing and able to aid you. The walks 
and rides round the town will introduce you to some of the 
most beautiful scenery in Africa. The curving ridge that 
looks over the lovely blue plain was often my early morn- 
ing walk. From its farthermost end I have seen soon after 
sunrise, or just before the sunsetting, the snowy truncated 
cone of Kilimanjaro, 175 miles away on the right; in front 
Donya Sabuk (thirty miles) and Kenia and Kinan Kop on 
the left, all at the same time. ‘There can be but few views 
in the world to compare with this. Then turning back- 
ward and homeward along the ridge, fragrant hedges of 
pomegranate and yellow roses thrust their boughs over in- 
adequate fencing, as they fill the fresh morning air with 
odour. 
Snowy mountains, wide sweeping plains, waving banana 
and a great abundance of sweetest English flowers. This 
is Nairobi ridge, surely the strangest, and one of the most 
lovely unions of tropical and temperate beauty and life. 
Stand on this southern end of the ridge, and turn your 
glasses on the level plain before you. Here, not three miles 
away, are the game herds of East Africa. Thousands 
of little dots, kongoni, zebra, Tommy, Grant, and prob- 
ably a few gnu are in sight. The popping of rifle shots at © 
the range beneath you affects them not at all. Take your 
rifle, however, saunter out on that level veldt, and you will 
not find them so easy of approach. 
Tempted by the game herds, lions still at times come 
