128 IN AFRICA 



In five weeks we saw lion, rhino, buffalo, and ele- 

 phant the four groups of animals that are called 

 "royal game"; also hippo, giraffe, eland, wildebeest, 

 and many varieties of smaller game. It is doubtful 

 whether there is any other section of East Africa 

 where one could have a chance for so many differ- 

 ent species of game in such a short time as the Tana 

 River country. 



For our second expedition we selected the Guas 

 Xgishu Plateau, the Nzoia River, and Mount El- 

 gon. It is a long trip which involves elaborate prep- 

 aration and some difficulty in keeping up supplies 

 for the camp and the porters. It is the most prom- 

 ising place, however, for black-maned lion and ele- 

 phant, and on account of these two capital prizes 

 in the lottery of big game hunting occasional par- 

 ties are willing to venture the time and expense 

 necessary to reach this district. 



We disembarked, or "detrained," as they say 

 down there, at a little station on the railroad called 

 Londiani, eight miles south of the equator and 

 about eighty miles from Victoria Nyanza. Then 

 with two transport wagons drawn by thirty oxen, 

 our horses for "galloping" lions, and one hundred 

 porters, we marched north, always at an altitude of 

 from seventy-five hundred to ninety-two hundred 

 feet, through vast forests that stretched for miles 

 on all sides. The country was beautiful beyond 

 words clean, wholesome, and vast. In many places 

 the scenery was as trim and apparently as finished 

 as sections of the wooded hills and meadows of 



