170 BIG GAME SHOOTING 
FPetersi, but it may possibly be nothing more than a local 
variety of| Gazella Grantit. . This trip is perhaps more easily 
undertaken from Lamu, as everything can be shipped by dhow 
as far as Kau, on the river Ozi, where canoes can be engaged 
with the help of the Arkida, the principal man in the town, 
and the whole caravan, baggage and all, transported through 
the Belazoni Canal into the Tana river and upwards. If the 
start is made direct from Mombasa, it would be necessary to 
either march the whole way to Golbanti, a mission station on 
the river, or, to save a good deal of time and trouble, a dhow 
could be chartered as far as Melindi, and the rest of the 
journey done overland. At Golbanti canoes can be hired and 
Wa Pokomo boatmen engaged to transport all goods and food 
up the river, whilst the porters can march along the bank 
empty-handed if sufficient canoes are not forthcoming for all. 
A trip up this river should be undertaken between September 
and April, as it is in flood, and a great part of the country 
under water, during the remaining months of the year. 
There are also many other districts nearer the coast, which 
are well worth visiting, in which game is to be found, though in 
more limited quantities. These are—the district round Adda, 
on the main road from Vanga on the coast to Mount Kisagau 
in the Teita country ; Mount Pika-pika ; Ndara, and Kisagau 
in the Teita country; Merereni, north of Melindi on the coast, 
all of which are accessible from Mombasa. The mainland to 
the north of Lamu, and about opposite the small island of 
Tula, is another good place. The best time for any of these 
places would be from April to August. All these and the 
Tana district would, for the most part, come under the head 
of bush country, where stalking is comparatively easy. 
So much has been written about the different routes into 
the interior that it is not necessary to enter upon them here. 
In the accounts that have been written, each writer’s experience 
has differed so materially that it would be unadvisable to rely 
on the opinion, based on experience, of one writer more than 
another, particularly if taken from the records of expeditions of 
