GAME DISTRICTS AND ROUTES 169 
~ often both difficult and laborious. Lions are very plentiful 
here, and are seen perhaps more often than elsewhere, owing 
to the open nature of the country. The cheetah is by no means 
ee Rhinoceroses have here rather a bad reputation 
_ for charging, which may possibly be accounted for by the 
_ fact that they are so much harassed by the Wakamba, who, 
__ when out hunting, and unable to get within bow-shot of game 
__ by fair stalking, have to resort to driving, and wound far more 
_ thinoceroses than they kill. In the river Athi hippopotami 
are very plentiful, and, I think, have finer teeth than those 
in the Nzoia river and Victoria Nyanza. September to April 
is the best time of the year for a trip to this country. 
_ Further north, the district round Lake Baringo, with 
Njemps as a depét, is very good. Here the natives are 
as trustworthy and civil as the Wa Taveta, and all surplus 
baggage, &c., can be left at headquarters in charge of a few 
men whilst the sportsman is away shooting in the surrounding 
country. A few marches to the north and north-east elephants 
arenumerous. The water-buck (Kobus defassus) takes the place 
of the common water-buck (Kobus e/ipsiprymnus), and the lately 
described hartebeest (Budalis Jachsoni) takes the place of 
Bubalis Cokei. The impala carry particularly fine horns here. 
_ As I have never made a prolonged stay in this district, I am 
_ unable to say which months of the year would be the best to 
_ visit it in ; but from what I could judge, when up there in July, 
_ Ishould say November to May. 
_.. The Tana river is another excellent district, both on 
account of the variety of game and the quantity of certain 
Species which elsewhere a sportsman might seek day after 
day and never come across, though he went out specially 
for them. These are Waller's gazelle, lesser kudu, oribi, 
*tope’ (Damatlis Senegalensis) and Hunter’s antelope (Damadis 
Hunteri), which has hitherto not been found excepting on 
the north bank of the river, some 150 miles from the mouth. 
‘There is also a small antelope found here which has been 
described as a distinct species under the name of Gazella 
