262 A COLONY IN THE MAKING chap. 



Marsabit, along the German border. In all the bush 

 country round Mumone. On the Serengati plains and 

 round Taveta. The Shimba Hills. Parts of the 

 coast and the Turkana country. It maybe confidently 

 looked for wherever sansiveria fibre abounds. 



The Impala are beautiful animals which require 

 extremely accurate stalking wherever they are at all 

 molested. They do very little damage, and most 

 settlers would welcome the presence of a herd, but 

 somehow they do not seem to go well with civilisation 

 and have a habit of disappearing. In places where 

 they are little shot at they are occasionally extra- 

 ordinarily tame, and those who only know them at 

 such times look on them as the easiest of victims. 

 The bucks often consort in parties of twenty or thirty, 

 leaving the does accompanied by one or two bucks 

 apart. It is hard to understand what qualities fit 

 these latter for their onerous, if delightful, task. The 

 bucks that run with the females are usually good, but 

 not pre-eminent specimens. One can only guess that 

 they are selected by the females for some qualities we 

 wot not of. An impala is the best kill to leave out for 

 a leopard. The size of horns vary very much in 

 different localities. The largest specimens are found 

 along the North Guaso Nyero towards the Lorian 

 Swamp, where they have been known to run to over 

 31 inches. Anything over 27 inches is a good speci- 

 men. Anything over 29 inches a fine one. Impala 

 are found along all decent streams, but must have 

 shade during the heat of the day. It is seldom, if 

 ever, found more than two miles from water. 



I have included the Wart-hog in the list of sport- 

 providing animals for the one reason that he can be 

 speared. Indeed, he can give most excellent runs, 





