ROOSEVELT HUNTING GROUNDS. 



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for various kinds of antelope and fairly out on the veldt, between the 

 wooded hills and the plains which stretch to Mount Kenia is found 

 great numbers of the noble African antelope known as the oryx. His 

 special haunt is a few miles up the Guaso Nyiro River, above its junc- 



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HEADWATERS OF GUASO NYIRO THE HUNTER'S PARADISE. 



ture with the Guaso Narak and among the red granite kopjes wdiich rise 

 from the Laikipia Plains. This is a lion country also ; and it is no 

 unusual sight to see a dead king of beasts impaled on the long sharp 

 horns of the oryx, which also lies dead beside his victim. Further, the 

 headwaters of the Guaro Nyiro River are said to embrace one of the 

 greatest buffalo grounds in East Africa. 



