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wart-hog, Granti, Thomsoni, impala, — besides 
ostriches, greater and lesser bustard, marabout, and 
a host of other animals and birds too numerous to 
name; while along the Athi and close to its banks 
may be found large numbers of hippo and crocodiles. 
At the time I was there, these great plains also 
JACKSON’S ITARTEBEESTE, AND ZEBRA. 
formed the principal grazing ground for the immense 
herds of cattle owned by the Masai. I am very 
glad to say that the whole of this country on the 
south side of the railway as far as the boundary of 
German East Africa, from the Tsavo River on the 
east to the Kedong Valley on the west, is now a 
strictly protected Game Reserve; and so long as 
this huge expanse is thus maintained asa sanctuary, 
