ROUNDING-UP 



We were^thjjg\^ight~daysin the JielcOseven teen of 

 which were consumed in trekking and twenty-one in 

 hunting. We went to Kapiti for Thomson's gazelles and 

 Grant's gazelles, wildebeest, and zebra. We had no dif- 



INDIAN BAZAAR, NAIROBI 



ficulty in getting these, although the week's-end hunters 

 from Nairobi keep them very wild, and I did my shooting 

 atjrom three hundred tofive hundred yards. Successful 

 marksmanship at such distances has an especial charm. 

 The grass everywhere was so tall as to largely cover the 

 game. Shooting, standing, at arm's-length was the only 

 method possible. The open plains afforded no object upon 

 which to rest a gun, and to rest your elbows upon your 

 knees would be to drop so low as to lose sight of the game. 



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