ORYX, ELAND, IMPALA, ETC. 



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forbids that all the magnificent array of wild-life one 

 sees here should each receive its proper share of 

 attention. 



At Nakiiru we received a sack of mails — the first 

 home-news for eighty days. 



PUEPLE-CROWXED coucAL (Centropus momichus) 

 A reclusive bird, oftener heard than seen. 



