BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY 



as well. In fact, a few days after we were there they 

 killed a dilative. 



There was another good yarn current in Nairobi. 

 It seemed that when a well-known legislator was 

 expected some complacent officials " prepared " a pair of 

 lions for him — this has been done for other " statesmen- 

 hunters " as well — giving them plentiful rations of 

 meat until they were half tame and thoroughly lethargic 

 from over-eating. 



Everything seemed to be shaping well, when 

 suddenly a tragedy occurred, upsetting all the 

 carefully-laid plans for the entertainment. A settler, 

 a man who took the common-sense view that a 

 lion is a bad form of vermin, came along, saw these 

 lions, and not knowing who they were for, shot them 

 out of hand. 



But I must get on with my story. 



Having struck camp, we started for the Ingong, 

 where we hoped to stay a few days, as game v/as 

 abundant and the cover in places very good. 



Having pitched our camp in a beautiful park-like 

 piece of country, the ground gradually sloping down 

 to a meandering brook, we looked round for " sitters." 



Several negatives were exposed, but not a single 

 one was good enough to satisfy me. However, the 

 time was not wasted, as considerable experience of the 

 Ught and general conditions was gained. 



Whilst wandering around we were greatly fascinated 



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