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thing about the stopping. She is bounding along though 

 much distressed, and in the ver} middle, as it were, of her 

 stride, stopped with quite extraordinary quickness, and then 

 never moved. Cheetahs are not dangerous, and I rode her 

 as close as I could. She lay down broadside on, crouching 

 till shot. 



I have made little reference to any but the dangerous 

 game of the Nzoia country, as in its pursuit I was chiefly 

 interested, but its splendid water-buck, and the fine brush- 

 buck that are still abundant along the banks of its marshy 

 rivers, carry trophies that can seldom be equalled. Here 

 alone the kobus kob is found; and reed-buck are larger 

 and more plentiful than anywhere I have been. 



I had no idea that buffalo were to be found amid the 

 Cherangang mountains and in Elgoa country, till my second 

 sefari to those parts. When I did get to know the wildmen, 

 and had the inestimable advantage of their experience, 

 I was limited for time; and the short grass season, during 

 which it would have been quite easy to secure all the buffalo 

 I wanted, was over. We made afterward a very long and 

 unsuccessful journey especially to kill buffalo, whereas if we 

 had been in touch with the N'dorobo at that time, we 

 had all we needed within two days' march of our camp. 



This again illustrated one of the greatest difficulties 

 the sportsman must meet in the country. It is new; no 

 man knows it yet. The district commissioners, who are 

 usually capable and hard-working men, have not had time 

 to learn their districts, or even to meet, much less know, 

 the tribes they have been appointed to rule. Mr. A. 

 B. Percival, the head game ranger, and his two assistant 

 rangers are active and indefatigable in their efforts to 

 accomplish the impossible tasks set them. But how can 

 three men, even if they commanded the services of a per- 

 fectly equipped airship, oversee such a country of mountain, 

 desert, swamp, Sahara, and forest as B. E. A. A country 



