324 IN AFRICA 



But we told about it when we struck town, and 

 before the day was over it was the topic in hotels 

 and clubs throughout the whole town of Nairobi. 

 Everybody who had a gun was resolved to go out 

 the next day, and interest was at a fever pitch. 



We went out again the following morning, shot 

 at wildebeests at all known ranges, from two hun- 

 dred yards up to five hundred yards but our luck 

 was against us. We came back empty-handed, and 

 our chief reward for the morning's work was the 

 great privilege of seeing both Mount Kenia, ninety 

 miles north, and Kilima-Njaro, nearly two hundred 

 miles southeast, as clear as a cameo against the 

 lovely African sky. 



The lesson of this story is not so much a review 

 of bad shooting or of bad luck. The thing that 

 seems most noteworthy is that within six or seven 

 miles from Nairobi, nearly all the time within sight 

 of the house-tops of that town, we had seen fifteen 

 varieties of wild game, some of which were present 

 iri^great numbers. 



Wildebeest Waterbuck 



Hartebeest Impalla 



Hyena Giant Bustard 



Jackal Ostrich 



Thompson's Gazelle Wart-hog 



Lion Wild Dog 



Rabbit Steinbuck 

 Grant's Gazelle 



Surely there is still some game left in Africa. 



