such as the Public Works Department, the E. A. 

 Police, Medical and Veterinary Ofl&cers, etc., are 

 also represented. 



Naivasha Lake is almost round, being roughly a PERFECT 

 12 by 12 miles. Feathery papyrus, nodding bull panorama. 

 rush, and graceful reeds form a perfect setting for 

 myriads of blue, pink, and white water lilies. The 

 limpid waters of the lake reflect on their placid 

 surface the rugged peaks of Longonot, the forest clad 

 slopes of the Mau Escarpment, and the Aberdare 

 Mountains, with giant Kinangop dim in the back- 

 ground — the whole forming a vision of such perfect 

 loveliness as defies description. 



Here is the breeding place of countless wildfowl, sport. 

 — two varieties of geese, fifteen or twenty kinds of 

 duck, and snipe, coot, tern, flamingoe, crane, divers, 

 and waders innumerable. Scarlet and blue king- 

 fishers, fiery coloured sunbirds, and flocks of widdah 

 and other finks, red legged plover, spindle, shanked 

 sandpipers, etc., etc., keep the air quivering with 

 life and song. Hippos breed largely and otters are 

 also plentiful. Although the water is excellent for 

 drinking purposes, fish are absent, with the exception 

 of a small kind of minnow. Possibly due to this fact, 

 crocodile are unknown, and bathing therefore can 

 be indulged in, without fear of this curse of African 

 waters. 



No shooting is permitted on the lake, or within close season 

 one mile of its shores, from ist May to 14th October FOR 

 inclusive. shooting. 



The lake is an ideal place for motor boats and 

 lovers of yachting; numerous islets forming attractive 

 camping spots for picnics. 



As a pleasure resort and sanatorium, the lake is 

 of great value to the surrounding district, but its 

 business value is equally great. Its waters form the 

 hub of a giant wheel, whose spokes are represented 

 by the boundaries of numerous farms fronting the 

 lake shore. The railway runs for some miles within 

 a few hundred yards of Lake Naivasha, and the 

 possibilities of water borne transport are too obvious 

 to call for further comment. Althoujgh the shore 



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