CHAPTER II 



THE SEFARI 



SEFARI is the name used all over East Africa for 

 what in the West we call "outfit" -the men you 

 take along to enable you to prosecute your journey, or 

 procure your sport. The pleasure and success of an 

 East African trip, depend more on a well-chosen and 

 well-managed sefari, than on anything else, more, even, 

 than on the perseverance and skill of the sportsman or 

 traveller. 



If a hunting trip of three or four months is all that 

 the visitor to East Africa feels inclined to undertake, the 

 sort of life I try to describe in this article cannot be fully 

 enjoyed. It takes time to see this strange and beautiful 

 country, and it takes time, and even considerable trouble, 

 to come into any real touch with its tribes. 



But a most enjoyable trip can be had, and very good 

 shooting as well, in even three or four months; and the 

 best arrangement to make is to put yourself in the hands 

 of either Messrs. Newland, Tarlton & Company, or the 

 Boma Outfitting Company, both of Nairobi. Write some 

 months, if possible, before, saying how much time you 

 can afford, what you want to shoot, where you want to go, 

 and how much you are prepared to spend. On arriving 

 at Nairobi you will find things ready for you, and in a 

 few days you can take the field. 



If you only intend taking short trips of a few days' 

 duration along the railroad line, you will not need a sefari 

 of more than twenty men all told. If you want good 

 .shooting, and wish to try for elephant, lion, etc., you must 



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