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ing town of some 6,000 inhabitants, supplied with 
every modern comfort and luxury, including a well 
laid-out race course ; and after a short trip to Lake 
Victoria Nyanza and Uganda, we made our way 
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back to the Eldama Ravine, which lies some twenty 
miles north of Landiani Station in the province of 
Naivasha. Here we started in earnest on our big 
game expedition, which I am glad to say proved 
to be a most delightful and interesting one in every 
way. The country was lovely, and the climate 
cool and bracing. We all got a fair amount of 
