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wart-hog, Grant!, Thomsoni, impala, besides 

 ostriches, greater and lesser bustard, marabout, and 

 a host of other animals and birds too numerous to 

 name ; while along the Athi and close to its banks 

 may be found large numbers of hippo and crocodiles. 

 At the time I was there, these great plains also 



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formed the principal grazing ground for the immense 

 herds of cattle owned by the Masai. I am very 

 glad to say that the whole of this country on the 

 south side of the railway as far as the boundary of 

 German East Africa, from the Tsavo River on the 

 east to the Kedong Valley on the west, is now a 

 strictly protected Game Reserve ; and so long as 

 this huge expanse is thus maintained as a sanctuary, 



