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THE GAME OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 



common in the country. The arrangement is only a larger edition of what 

 the children in all the villages use to catch guinea-fowl or partridge with. It is 

 used in all parts of the country, from the coast inland. It is curious to note that 

 it is an altogether more simple and easier made trap than that in common use in 

 Central Africa. The latter consists of a thin mesh or net into which the animal 

 must run before the bow is released. The illustration of this trap is taken from 

 " Central African Game and its Spoor." 



The Wandorobo drink the blood of the animals they kill. For this reason if an 

 animal has been shot with an arrow they will never cut its throat or finish it with a 



Bow 



Path 



NATIVE TRAP 



(Used for Catching Small Mammals). 



knife or spear, for fear of losing the blood. If it is a small animal they may stifle it 

 to death by holding its mouth and nostrils, but if a large animal they leave it to die of 

 its arrow-wound or the poison. 



Once out of their own country the Wandorobo are of little use at tracking or 

 hunting. Moreover, it is only possible to hunt with them when they are hungry. 

 Directly an animal has been killed they will secure as much of the meat as possible, 

 and nothing will then induce them to go out hunting or to take any interest in 

 anything until they have finished it all. 



